blithely

Without care, concern, or consideration.

Adverb

  1. Without care, concern, or consideration.
    • As the bombs fell on the city, the woman blithely continued with her chores.
    • […] and now was hardly the time, as Stephen pointed out, to be worried about cleaning up his act, and eliminating the chemical additives and other pollutants that we’re all blithely or not so blithely feasting on,...
    • The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by...

    Synonyms: carelessly indifferently

  2. In a joyful, carefree manner.

    Synonyms: gladly joyfully merrily

  3. In a kind manner.

Origin

From Middle English blythely, blyþely, bliþeliche, from Old English blīþelīċe (“gladly, blithely”), from Proto-West Germanic [Term?]; compare Dutch blijdelijk. By surface analysis, blithe + -ly.

Forms

more blithely most blithely blythely

Related

blithe blitheful blithefully blithefulness blithen blitheness blithesome