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Synonyms for carelessly
The synonym for carelessly recorded in this bank is incautiously, in the sense "without caution or prudence". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for carelessly
- incautiouslyadverb, in the sense "without caution or prudence"
That is the whole set. The bank holds one audited synonym per sense of a word, and carelessly carries one sense so far.
without caution or prudence
One unfortunately sees historic features carelessly lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands.
The true synonym
incautiously
Same sentence, swapped: One unfortunately sees historic features incautiously lost when estates fall into unsympathetic hands.
Close but different
The game offers these three alongside the answer. They are close enough to tempt and wrong enough to be wrong, which is the whole design.
- cautiously
- hastily
- carefully
Where carelessly turns up in the game
carelessly is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 5, Summit. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in four other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzles where carelessly is the trap
- readilyadverb, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is willingly, in the sense "willingly and without hesitation", so carelessly is there to be ruled out.
- apaceadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is swiftly, in the sense "quickly, at a rapid pace", so carelessly is there to be ruled out.
- diplomaticallyadverb, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is tactfully, in the sense "in a way that handles a sensitive situation with tact", with carelessly sitting one tile away.
- meticulouslyadverb, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is fastidiously, in the sense "with great care and precise attention to detail", and carelessly is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play carelessly
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so carelessly reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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One vocabulary, two jobs
carelessly is an answer in 1 puzzle and a wrong tile in 4. That is how the bank is built, and it is why guessing by vibe stops working around tier three.