wantonly
want
wɑ:nt
vaant
on
oƊn
own
ly
li
li
/wˈɒntənli/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "wantonly"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

in a way that is done deliberately without cause, often causing harm or damage
wantonly definition and meaning
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The soldiers wantonly damaged the village despite no resistance.
āϏ⧈āĻ¨ā§āϝāϰāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āύāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāϟāĻŋ āχāĻšā§āĻ›āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻŋāĻ—ā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ•, āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a careless or reckless way, without regard for consequences
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager was wantonly careless with the company's funds.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āωāĻĻāĻžāϏ⧀āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§āĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻšā§€āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in an openly lustful or sexually uncontrolled way
Disapproving
Old use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The novel described her wantonly flirting at the party.
āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻšā§āĻ›ā§ƒāĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞ āĻĢā§āϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇

in an excessive or uncontrolled way
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The garden grew wantonly after weeks of heavy rain.
āĻ—āϤ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āϏāĻĒā§āϤāĻžāĻš āϧāϰ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āωāϠ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
05

āωāĻšā§āĻ›ā§ƒāĻ™ā§āĻ–āϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĢ⧁āĻ˛ā§āϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

in a playful or lively manner, showing carefree or spirited behavior
Formal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Leaves danced wantonly in the autumn breeze.
āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻļāϰāϤ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽā§‹āĻĻ⧇ āύāĻžāϚāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

wantonly
wanton
App
āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ