foolhardily

/fˈulhɑɹdili/ adv

In a foolhardy manner

Word Origin Fool comes from Latin follis 'bellows, windbag' — so a fool is literally an empty-headed person full of hot air. Combine that with hardy, from Proto-Germanic harduz 'bold, brave,' and you get foolhardy: courage without sense. The adverb foolhardily describes doing something recklessly brave, and the same root gives us foolish, folly, and hardiness.

adv In a foolhardy manner

The soldier charged foolhardily into battle without any backup.

(副词) 鲁莽地;莽撞地;冒失地

士兵鲁莽地冲进战场,没有任何后援。

(adverbio) temerariamente; osadamente; imprudentemente [De manera temeraria.]

El soldado atacó temerariamente la batalla sin ningún respaldo.

(adverbe) témérairement; imprudemment; avec témérité [Avec une témérité imprudente, en prenant des risques insensés.]

Le soldat chargea foolhardily au combat sans aucun soutien derrière lui.

(Adverb) tollkühn; waghalsig; leichtsinnig [auf eine unbesonnene oder tollkühne Weise; ohne Rücksicht auf mögliche Gefahren oder Konsequenzen]

Der Soldat stürmte **foolhardily** in die Schlacht, ohne Verstärkung abzuwarten.

(副詞) 向こう見ずに; 無謀に; 浅はかにも

兵士は何の援軍もないまま、無謀にも戦場に向かって突撃した。

(advérbio) temerariamente; imprudentemente; afoitamente [De modo temerário; com imprudência.]

O soldado avançou de forma temerária na batalha sem nenhum apoio.

Word parts: fool + hardi + ly

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