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English
Etymology
From irresponsible + -ly or ir- + responsibly.
Pronunciation
Adverb
irresponsibly (comparative more irresponsibly, superlative most irresponsibly)
- 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
Translations
in an irresponsible manner
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.