Associations to the word «Wantonly»

Wiktionary

WANTONLY, adverb. In a wanton manner

Dictionary definition

WANTONLY, adverb. In a wanton manner; "the animals were killed wantonly for sport".
WANTONLY, adverb. In a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats