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adjective
- wild, careless, irresponsible
- 1832, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Eugene Aram
- :Lester's good heart will be to hear that little Peter is so improved;--no longer a dissolute, fellow, throwing away his money, and always in debt.
adverb
- wildly, carelessly, irresponsibly
- 1800, Maria Edgeworth, Castle Rackrent
- :... for he never looked after anything at all, but called for everything as if we were conjurors, or he in a public-house.
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