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Recent Examples of blithely
The push for super intelligence sits rather blithely next to the beliefs of those tech masters of the universe trying to max out their looks and lifestyle for eternal life.
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David Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
However, rather than blithely dismiss the consequences of legalization with eye-rolling contempt for the puritans, supporters should confront the adverse societal effects of cannabis — the pervasive urban stench, the traffic deaths and the pernicious effects on youth.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
The Democrat had joked about shooting the Republican leader of the state House and blithely spoken of watching his children die in their mother’s arms.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Next came a disastrous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric in which Palin seemed to reveal herself to be uninformed and blithely incurious about most things unrelated to Alaska.
—Time, 3 Nov. 2025
His business associates view him as both blithely charming and, in a word, obsessed.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
Jesse jokes, blithely unaware, before shooting out of bed after locking eyes with the chimp.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
The region has long embraced tourism for the most part, or at least blithely put up with it.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
In those two decades, Roberts has blithely overseen the near-total dismantling of American democracy and an unprecedented rollback of basic rights.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
David Bloom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
However, rather than blithely dismiss the consequences of legalization with eye-rolling contempt for the puritans, supporters should confront the adverse societal effects of cannabis — the pervasive urban stench, the traffic deaths and the pernicious effects on youth.
—Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
The Democrat had joked about shooting the Republican leader of the state House and blithely spoken of watching his children die in their mother’s arms.
—Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
Next came a disastrous interview with CBS’s Katie Couric in which Palin seemed to reveal herself to be uninformed and blithely incurious about most things unrelated to Alaska.
—Time, 3 Nov. 2025
His business associates view him as both blithely charming and, in a word, obsessed.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2025
Jesse jokes, blithely unaware, before shooting out of bed after locking eyes with the chimp.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
The region has long embraced tourism for the most part, or at least blithely put up with it.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
In those two decades, Roberts has blithely overseen the near-total dismantling of American democracy and an unprecedented rollback of basic rights.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blithely
Adverb
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The comedians Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang breezily observed on a podcast last month that donating to Crockett is a waste of money.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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In December, over a two-hour lunch at The Occidental, a Washington restaurant nestled between the White House and FBI headquarters, Wilkins spoke breezily about her life as the girlfriend of the FBI director.—
Aidan McLaughlin,
Vanity Fair,
22 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Kipnis describes her own mother laughingly recalling a college professor chasing her around a desk and trying to kiss her.—
S. C. Cornell,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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The stories of people who ate joyfully and in a very inspired way kind of spoke to me the most.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
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Her writing process unfolded slowly but joyfully.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
22 Feb. 2026
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Continuously, some view it more joyously while others see it as a sad event.—
Marina Johnson,
IndyStar,
20 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The idea of replacing caddies with animals, lightheartedly suggested by moderator Eben Novy-Williams?—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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Paltzik did not confirm the authenticity of the message but still suggested they were made lightheartedly.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
21 Oct. 2025
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Later in the meal, Martha gladly scooped caviar off Snoop's plate before showing him how to twirl his pasta using a fork and spoon.—
Michele Laufik,
Martha Stewart,
20 Feb. 2026
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For every Pollak that offered a rejoinder to the fascist appropriation of Greece and Rome, there were apologists and collaborators who gladly excavated the ancients for the purposes of modern regimes.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But Fallout giddily toys with the genre’s legacy, too, at times turning homages into punch lines.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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The girls are giddily planning the wedding and bachelorette party as if several core issues are not still unresolved.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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Yet despite that apparent simplification, the trenches themselves were in line with Lee’s exuberantly experimental creative urges; playful, ingenious, complex, and witty.—
Luke Leitch,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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For his part, and most fittingly, Valentino creative director Michele will be planting the exuberantly luxe Valentino standard yet again in Paris, January 26-29, at Valentino’s beloved Haute Couture fashion week.—
Guy Martin,
Forbes.com,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Blithely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blithely. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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