Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- With foolhardiness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a foolhardy manner.
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- adverb In a
foolhardy manner
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Examples
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Pearl S. Buck, author of The Good Earth and the 1938 recipient of the prize in literature, "foolhardily" entered a history essay contest during her years as a graduate student in English.
Stories from The Sun 2009
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, The self-declared ‘chancellor of all Germans’ has been described as Frau Europe, the European dominatrix of international back-room deal-making, but now the chancellor wanes with poll ratings dropping daily, reputation in tatters, brushing off valid criticism for being foolhardily unpredictable in her stubbornness and offering hollow excuses, while demonstrating a lack of a well-defined image or clear identity, seen as aloof, apathetic, strangely indolent and removed.
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But we never gave up on our offense and, perhaps foolhardily, took a second run at immigration reform.
COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010
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But we never gave up on our offense and, perhaps foolhardily, took a second run at immigration reform.
COURAGE AND CONSEQUENCE KARL ROVE 2010
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Meanwhile, her boyfriend, Thugboy, plays with fire when he foolhardily attempts to compliment his profoundly insecure sweetheart on the awe-inspiring power of her . . . well, booty.
Empowered Volume 2 on the Way | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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Meanwhile, her boyfriend, Thugboy, plays with fire when he foolhardily attempts to compliment his profoundly insecure sweetheart on the awe-inspiring power of her . . . well, booty.
Dark Horse Comics for July 2007 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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The girl and her friends were foolhardily in the extreme.
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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The girl and her friends were foolhardily in the extreme.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Rowling, J. K. 2007
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However, sensibly or, perhaps, foolhardily, it told the Hungarians and the Slovaks to settle the problem among themselves.
Whose wine label is it anyway? Helen 2004
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Anyhoo, funny thing about those little rolling carts: They're not as useful as they first appear when you have to cross 5 bridges (read-- 5 sets of rickety midieval, tourist-ridden stairs) in order to get home because you naively and foolhardily thought moving to Venice (after having spent 4 glorious years in Ukrops territory!) would be glamorous.
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