Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an unguarded manner; without watchful attention to danger; without caution; carelessly: as, to speak or promise unguardedly.

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  • adverb In an unguarded manner, without pretense.

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Examples

  • She sat upright with a very audible gasp, and demanded in unguardedly loud tones, "Who's that?"

    Just Patty 1911

  • From a contemporary viewpoint, it's hard to imagine any political figure being as unguardedly complacent as Humphrey appears in "Primary," or as curiously vulnerable and assured as both Kennedy and his future first lady come off.

    The Man Who Held Up a Mirror to America Bruce Bennett 2011

  • Many of the events are informal and unscripted, and can afford glimpses of public figures talking unguardedly about their ideas, their life, and their convictions.

    The Story Behind the Story 2009

  • Kathleen Parker, in one of her more unguardedly loopy columns, chastises Barack Obama for not being a tough guy.

    No Mas Macho 2009

  • Many of the events are informal and unscripted, and can afford glimpses of public figures talking unguardedly about their ideas, their life, and their convictions.

    The Story Behind the Story 2009

  • There are tens of thousands of e-mails in that trove, a lot of people speaking unguardedly, unwisely and impolitically.

    You shall know them by their work 2010

  • These views found frequent expression in private, and in public too; I myself particularly remember the Chancellor's speaking thus most unguardedly at a dinner in Rheims.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • Her manner is so open, candid, and unguardedly optimistic, she leaves you feeling that she would be a great best friend.

    Marcus Buckingham: What Does A Strong Life Look Like? 2009

  • Victims as we are of bad habit, unambitious as we are about our souls' progress we speak so unguardedly!

    Avoiding Idle Talk Esther 2009

  • Victims as we are of bad habit, unambitious as we are about our souls' progress we speak so unguardedly!

    Archive 2009-03-15 Esther 2009

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