blithely
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Blithely good-natured and generally immune to shame, Richie Bravo is an equal-opportunity exploiter and exploitee; he’s happy to allow others to use his home, his fame and his body, and to use others in return.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2023
Blithely announcing and then cancelling retirement is currently all the rage in the wider film world – even among younger directors.
From The Guardian • Aug. 16, 2017
Blithely ignoring conflicts of interest, he remained a working composer throughout his tenure at The Herald Tribune.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2016
Blithely assuming that by mid-June the river would be down in its summer mode, I had not even bothered to check the Corps of Engineers Web site that gives daily water levels.
From New York Times • Jan. 7, 2010
Blithely unaware of how bad things really were, Konoval led me down the gallery and asked, “How about the cell compliance?”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing blithely
Animal Farm
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