irresponsibly

English

Etymology

From irresponsible +‎ -ly or ir- +‎ responsibly.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪ.ɹɪˈspɒn.sə.bli/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɪ.ɹɪˈspɑːn.sə.bli/

Adverb

irresponsibly (comparative more irresponsibly, superlative most irresponsibly)

1. In an irresponsible manner; so as to be irresponsible.
   • 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, Boston, Mass.: J. R. Osgood:

     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.

Antonyms

• responsibly

Translations

in an irresponsible manner

• Catalan: irresponsablement
• Finnish: vastuuttomasti
• French: irresponsablement (fr)
• Greek: ανεύθυνα (el) (anéfthyna)
• Hungarian: felelőtlenül (hu)
• Italian: irresponsabilmente (it)
• Polish: nieodpowiedzialnie
• Portuguese: irresponsavelmente (pt)
• Russian: безответственно (ru) (bezotvetstvenno)
• Spanish: irresponsablemente (es)
• Ukrainian: безвідповіда́льно (uk) (bezvidpovidálʹno)

References

• “irresponsibly”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “irresponsibly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.