wantonly

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Lost her, forsook her, Wantonly flung her off.

From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10): The Loyal Subject by Beaumont, Francis

Wantonly to destroy, for mere sport, the innocent life, in lake and river, seemed to me a cruelty and a shame.

From Gala-days by Hamilton, Gail

Wantonly, and of his own accord, he never injured human being.

From The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Stearns, Frank Preston

Wantonly I held between two fingers fine My gem above the sparkling brine, Only to see it gleam Across the stream.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various

Wantonly mut. in headings of the Gospels, and in Mark i. 1-19; Luke i. 1-18; John i. 1-23.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose