blithely

[ blahyth-lee, blahyth-lee ]

adverb

1. without much thought, concern, or care:

   I blithely went ahead with my project without really considering the impact it would have on my career.

2. in a joyous or happy way; cheerfully or lightheartedly:

   Left to my own devices I would blithely live the rest of my days imagining new recipes and tweaking old ones.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blithely¹

blithe ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Instead, we will hear from two women who refuse to blithely accept what the High Court is handing down—two women who have decided to do something, in very different ways.

From Slate

When we catch up with her in the late 1930s, she’s gallivanting around the south of France with her friends, the group blithely unaware of the horrors that await with the rise of Adolf Hitler.

From Los Angeles Times

Just as swiftly, Edward lunges at the opportunity for revision, calling himself “Guy” the next day to his building’s super, who doesn’t recognize him, and blithely informing him that Edward has died.

From Los Angeles Times

"This is a tragic failure of our government, of powerful institutions in our nation, of extractive colonial capitalism itself which uses astronomical concentrations of wealth to pay off the media and politicians, allowing the public to blithely go on day after day without appropriate climate urgency," Kalmus said.

From Salon

Alicia Silverstone blithely bit into a toxic berry and lived to tell about it.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• blissfully
• cheerfully
• contentedly
• enthusiastically
• freely
• gladly
• gleefully
• graciously
• heartily
• joyfully
• joyously
• lovingly
• merrily
• peacefully
• playfully
• willingly