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wantonly

[won-tn-lee] / ˈwɒn tn li /
ADVERB
openly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blatantly brazenly candidly flagrantly forthrightly fully honestly plainly publicly readily simply unabashedly unashamedly willingly
WEAK
aboveboard artlessly frankly in broad daylight in full view in public in the open ingenuously naively naturally shamelessly straight under one's nose unhesitatingly unreservedly warts and all without pretense without reserve
Antonyms
STRONGEST
incompletely
WEAK
secretly shamefully

Example Sentences

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Anthropic’s worries over Claude’s alleged ability to feel distress aren’t really about Claude; they’re about our all-too-human unease over the possibility that we’re wantonly using something that doesn’t want to be used.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

And it would benefit us, too, to stop wantonly crushing cetaceans with our boats.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

There has been a welcome shift in mindset so broadcasters today are "more thoughtful about representation" and aware of "the need not to wantonly give offence", he said.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2023

Only Madsen seems to be on the right wavelength, having fun being wantonly evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2023

Worst of all, if you wantonly divide by zero, you can destroy the entire foundation of logic and mathematics.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife