irresponsibly
advUK /ˌɪ.ɹɪˈspɒn.sə.bli/ · US /ˌɪ.ɹɪˈspɑːn.sə.bli/
Etymology From irresponsible + -ly or ir- + responsibly.
1
In an irresponsible manner; so as to be irresponsible.
- He had frequent fits of melancholy in which he declared that he was neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring. His was neither an irresponsibly contemplative nature nor a sturdily practical one, and he was for ever looking in vain for the uses of the things that please and the charm of the things that sustain.1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, Boston, Mass.: J. R. Osgood:
- Antonyms
- responsibly