Usually means: Without attention to detail, recklessly.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word carelessly:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. carelessly: Merriam-Webster
  2. carelessly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. carelessly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. carelessly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Carelessly, carelessly: Wordnik
  6. carelessly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. carelessly: Wiktionary
  8. Carelessly, carelessly: Dictionary.com
  9. carelessly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Carelessly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. carelessly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. carelessly: Rhymezone
  13. Carelessly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. carelessly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. carelessly: FreeDictionary.org
  16. carelessly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. carelessly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. carelessly: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. carelessly: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (carelessly)

▸ adverb:  Giving the appearance of carelessness; relaxedly.
▸ adverb:  Done without care or attention; inattentively.

Similar:
incautiously, heedlessly, rakishly, raffishly, neglectingly, relaxedly, overcarelessly, carefreely, laxly, negligently, more...

Opposite:
carefully, attentively, mindfully, thoughtfully

Types:
neglectfully, heedlessly, unmindfully, thoughtlessly, more...

Phrases:
treat carelessly, quickly and carelessly, carelessly disrespectful, carelessly throwing, carelessly cruel, more...

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     mustard,     chartreuse,     mauve, more...



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Similar:
incautiously, heedlessly, rakishly, raffishly, neglectingly, relaxedly, overcarelessly, carefreely, laxly, negligently, more...

Opposite:
carefully, attentively, mindfully, thoughtfully

Types:
neglectfully, heedlessly, unmindfully, thoughtlessly, more...

Phrases:
treat carelessly, quickly and carelessly, carelessly disrespectful, carelessly throwing, carelessly cruel, throw carelessly, set down carelessly, carelessly rude, carelessly unkind, more...

Colors:
    beige,     taupe,     mustard,     chartreuse,     mauve, more...



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