abandonedly

/əˈbæn.dn̩.əd.li/

UK: /əˈbæn.dn̩.əd.li/

ƏBÆN · dn̩ · əd · li (4 syllables)

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Definition

With abandon, without restraint.

Etymology

From abandoned + -ly.

Example Sentences

  • "For though the harpooneers, with the great body of the crew, were a far more barbaric, heathenish, and motley set than any of the tame merchant-ship companies which my previous experiences had made me acquainted with, still I ascribed this—and rightly ascribed it—to the fierce uniqueness of the very nature of that wild Scandinavian vocation in which I had so abandonedly embarked."
  • "In the first days of their love she had been his slave; she had admired him abandonedly."
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