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headlong
adjective
1 headlong
Excessively quick:
— A headlong rush to sell.
synonym: hasty.
Roget 684:
hasty,
hurried,
brusque;
scrambling,
cursory,
precipitate,
headlong,
furious,
boisterous,
impetuous,
hotheaded;
feverish,
fussy;
pushing.
in haste,
in a hurry
etc.
n.;
in hot haste,
in all haste;
breathless,
pressed for time,
hard pressed,
urgent.
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Roget 863:
rash,
incautious,
indiscreet;
imprudent,
improvident,
temerarious;
uncalculating†;
heedless;
careless
etc.
(neglectful)
460;
without ballast,
heels over head,
head over heels;
giddy
etc.
(inattentive)
458;
wanton,
reckless,
wild,
madcap;
desperate,
devil-may-care.
hot-blooded,
hotheaded,
hotbrained†;
headlong,
headstrong;
breakneck;
foolhardy;
harebrained;
precipitate,
impulsive.
overconfident,
overweening;
venturesome,
venturous;
adventurous,
Quixotic,
fire eating,
cavalier;
janty†,
jaunty,
free and easy.
off one's guard
etc.
(inexpectant)
508†.
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Polish: pośpieszny, spieszny, śpieszny, pospieszny
2 headlong
With the head foremost:
— A headlong dive into the pool.
synonym: headfirst.
adverb
1 headlong
2 headlong
At breakneck speed:
— Burst headlong through the gate.
synonym: precipitately.
Roget 684:
with haste,
with all haste,
with breathless speed;
in haste
etc.
adj.;
apace
etc.
(swiftly)
274;
amain†;
all at once
etc.
(instantaneously)
113;
at short notice
&c.;
immediately
etc.
(early)
132;
posthaste;
by cable,
by express,
by telegraph,
by forced marches.
hastily,
precipitately
etc.
adj.;
helter-skelter,
hurry-skurry†,
holus-bolus;
slapdash,
slap-bang;
full-tilt,
full drive;
heels over head,
head and shoulders,
headlong,
a corps perdu [Fr.].
by fits and starts,
by spurts;
hop skip and jump.
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3 headlong
In a hasty and foolhardy manner:
— He fell headlong in love with his cousin.
synonym: rashly.
Moby thesaurus: a corps perdu, abrupt, abruptly, accident-prone, agile, bluff, bold, breakneck, breathless, careless, carelessly, daredevil, daring, dashing, desperate, desperately, devil-may-care, double-quick, eagle-winged, electrifying, expeditious, express, fast, fleet, flying, foolhardy, furious, furiously, galloping, hair-trigger, happen what may, harum-scarum, hastily, hasty, head over heels, headfirst, headforemost, heedlessly, heels over head, helter-skelter, holus-bolus, hotheaded, hotheadedly, hurried, hurriedly, hurry-scurry, hustling, impatient, impetuous, impetuously, impulsive, impulsively, light of heel, light-footed, like crazy, like mad, lively, mad, madly, mercurial, nerve-shattering, nimble, nimble-footed, overeager, overeagerly, overenthusiastic, overenthusiastically, overhasty, overzealous, overzealously, panting, plunging, precipitant, precipitantly, precipitate, precipitately, precipitous, precipitously, prompt, quick, quick as lightning, quick as thought, quickly, ramble-scramble, rapid, rash, rashly, reckless, recklessly, running, rushing, sharp, sheer, shocking, slam-bang, slap-bang, slapdash, snappy, spanking, speedy, startling, steep, sudden, suddenly, surprising, swift, unanticipated, unexpected, unforeseen, unlooked-for, unpredicted, vertical, wanton, wantonly, wild, wildly, winged ... show more.
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