cavalierly

Dr. Griffin cavalierly stated that all we needed to go back to the Moon "is a good map".

Augustine Committee Meets at MSFC Today - NASA Watch 2009

An Englishman appears to lack a twenty-dollar word, derived rather cavalierly from the Greek, to mean 'fear of snow'.

Libertarian Blog Place 2009

Talton recalls cavalierly writing about the fate of steelworkers overtaken by technology and globalization:

Downbeat « BuzzMachine 2008

Facing the Truth about the American Voter, Gerry Donaghy adopts a kind of cavalierly dismissive tone that, if nothing else, suggests voters need hand-holding and amount to nothing more than sheep in sheep's clothing; I beg to differ.

Mock the Vote? Judith Fitzgerald 2008

He -- because he's not human and he has no soul or conscious, he is up there just kind of cavalierly describing how he had his hit kit with him, and how his projects were proceeding.

CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2005 2005

This article was written six years before the words last quoted from Mr. Wallace; how absolutely, however, does the word "cavalierly" apply to them!

Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals Samuel Butler 1868

OTTAWA - The federal government has "cavalierly" rejected meaningful reform of the Access to Information Act, say three groups that campaign for open and accountable government.

Edmonton Sun 2009

OTTAWA - The federal government has "cavalierly" rejected meaningful reform of the Access to Information Act, say three groups that campaign for open and accountable government.

Toronto Sun 2009

OTTAWA - The federal government has "cavalierly" rejected meaningful reform of the Access to Information Act, say three groups that campaign for open and accountable government.

Toronto Sun 2009

But it goes to show how cavalierly and arbitrarily the Minister is exercising his remit.

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