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Showing words for WANTONLY using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Wantonly

wantonly

6 Letter Words for Wantonly

antony, noyant, tannoy, tannyl, townly, wanton

5 Letter Words for Wantonly

annot, annoy, anyon, atony, ayont, laton, lawny, lotan, lowan, nonly, nonya, nonyl, notal, notan, noway, nylon, onlay, ontal, talon, tanny, tawny, tolan, tonal, towan, walty, wanly, wanny, wanty, wonna, wotan

4 Letter Words for Wantonly

alow, alto, anno, anon, anow, atwo, awny, lant, lawn, loan, lota, lowa, lown, lowt, lowy, loyn, lynn, lyon, nant, natl, nato, nawt, nolt, nona, nota, nowl, nown, nowt, nowy, oaty, only, owlt, owly, tawn, tola, tonn, tony, town, towy, twal, tway, walt, waly, want, wany, woan, wont, wynn, yawl, yawn, yont, yowl, yowt

3 Letter Words for Wantonly

aln, alo, alt, alw, aly, ann, ant, any, awl, awn, lan, lao, lat, law, lay, loa, lot, low, loy, lyn, nat, naw, nay, nnw, noa, nol, non, not, now, noy, oat, ola, ona, ont, ony, owl, own, owt, tal, tan, tao, taw, tay, tln, tlo, toa, tol, ton, tow, toy, twa, two, wan, wat, way, woa, won, wot, woy, wyn, yan, yat, yaw, yon, yot, yow

Definitions for Wantonly

[1] done, shown, used, etc., maliciously or unjustifiably: a wanton attack; wanton cruelty.
[2] deliberate and without motive or provocation; uncalled-for; headstrong; willful: Why jeopardize your career in such a wanton way?
[3] without regard for what is right, just, humane, etc.; careless; reckless: a wanton attacker of religious convictions.
[4] sexually lawless or unrestrained; loose; lascivious; lewd: wanton behavior.
[5] extravagantly or excessively luxurious, as a person, manner of living, or style.
[6] luxuriant, as vegetation.
[7] Archaic . sportive or frolicsome, as children or young animals. having free play: wanton breezes; a wanton brook.
[8] a wanton or lascivious person, especially a woman.
[9] to behave in a wanton manner; become wanton.
[10] to squander, especially in pleasure (often followed by away ): to wanton away one's inheritance.
[11] dissolute, licentious, or immoral
[12] without motive, provocation, or justification wanton destruction
[13] maliciously and unnecessarily cruel or destructive
[14] unrestrained wanton spending
[15] archaic , or poetic playful or capricious
[16] archaic (of vegetation, etc) luxuriant or superabundant
[17] a licentious person, esp a woman
[18] a playful or capricious person
[19] (intr) to behave in a wanton manner
[20] (tr) to squander or waste

Words related to Wantonly

wantonwillingly, plainly, publicly, candidly, fully, honestly, simply, readily, blatantly, unabashedly, brazenly, unashamedly, flagrantly, aboveboard, frankly, naively, naturally, shamelessly, straight, ingenuously

Words nearby Wantonly

wantonwantage, wantagh, wantaway, wanted, wanting, wanton, wanxian, wany, wap, wapatoo, wapentake

Origin of Wantonly

1250–1300; Middle English wantowen literally, undisciplined, ill-reared, Old English wan- not + togen past participle of tēon to discipline, rear, cognate with German ziehen, Latin dūcere to lead; akin to tow1

Words that may be confused with Wantonly

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, wantonwanton, won, ton

Other words from Wantonly

wan·ton·ly , adverb
wan·ton·ness , noun
un·wan·ton , adjective

Word origin for Wantonly

C13 wantowen (in the obsolete sense: unmanageable, unruly): from wan- (prefix equivalent to un- 1 ; related to Old English wanian to wane ) + -towen, from Old English togen brought up, from tēon to bring up

Synonyms for Wantonly

blatantly, brazenly, candidly, face to face, flagrantly, forthrightly, fully, honestly, plainly, publicly, readily, simply, unabashedly, unashamedly, willingly, aboveboard, artlessly, frankly, in broad daylight, in full view, in public, in the open, ingenuously, naively, naturally, shamelessly, straight, under one's nose, unhesitatingly, unreservedly, warts and all, without pretense, without reserve