temerously

English

Etymology

temerous +‎ -ly

Adverb

temerously (comparative more temerously, superlative most temerously)

1. (obsolete) Recklessly.
   • 1787, William Muchall, Doctor and Student:

     ...what pain that is, I will not temerously judge, but commit it to the goodness of our Iord, whose judgments be very deep and profound;

   • 1817, Legh Richmond, A Selection from the Writings of the Reformers and Early Protestant Divines of the Church of England:

     The second, that he swear not temerously or lightly without reverence of God's majesty, but with judgment: that is to say, when necessity constraineth for the glory of God or defence of virtue, at the commandment of a just and lawfully appointed judge.

   • 1915, D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow:

     And temerously, his hands went over her, over the salt, compact brilliance of her body.