HEADLONG


Meaning of HEADLONG in English

I . a.

1.

Rash, inconsiderate, hasty, heady, reckless, thoughtless, impulsive, perilous, dangerous, ruinous, precipitate.

2.

Rushing precipitately, wildly tumbling.

3.

Steep, precipitous, sheer.

II . ad.

1.

Rashly, hastily, precipitately, head-foremost, thoughtlessly, without deliberation.

2.

Hastily, hurriedly, without pause, without respite.

3.

At a rush, hurriedly, full tilt, helter-skelter, pell-mell, hurry-skurry.

4.

Prone, head-foremost, heels over head, on one's head, sheer downward.

Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms.      Словарь английских синонимов.