Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a heady or rash manner; hastily; rashly; obstinately.

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  • adverb In a heady manner.

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Examples

  • I simply had no idea that such a headily-scented plant could suddenly produce fruit like this in the autumn.

    Hedge Fund Peter Ashley 2008

  • We don't find out the truth about Eric's Iraq experience until the final three chapters, which are headily Conradian in their willingness to confront the very heart of darkness.

    Anis Shivani: The Tangled Roots of the Terror Psychology: J. Robert Lennon's Novel "Castle" 2009

  • With its headily urban recasting of the myth, it was given even more splendour by leading you out onto Waterloo Bridge: one of my favourite views in London, especially very early in the morning.

    Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege 2009

  • With its headily urban recasting of the myth, it was given even more splendour by leading you out onto Waterloo Bridge: one of my favourite views in London, especially very early in the morning.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

  • The story is played out in a succession of vividly coloured, headily intense visuals which are often far more revealing than the dialogue.

    Archive 2009-06-01 elena maria vidal 2009

  • With its headily urban recasting of the myth, it was given even more splendour by leading you out onto Waterloo Bridge: one of my favourite views in London, especially very early in the morning.

    Lost poem in the Lost City 2009

  • The story is played out in a succession of vividly coloured, headily intense visuals which are often far more revealing than the dialogue.

    Duel in the Sun (1946) elena maria vidal 2009

  • Craigengelt had his own purposes in fooling him up to the top of his bent; and having some low humour, much impudence, and the power of singing a good song, understanding besides thoroughly the disposition of his regained associate, he headily succeeded in involving him bumper-deep in the festivity of the meeting.

    The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

  • The Separation is an excellent, headily atmospheric novel that forces the reader to think about what they are reading carefully.

    Archive 2008-03-01 Adam Whitehead 2008

  • The Separation is an excellent, headily atmospheric novel that forces the reader to think about what they are reading carefully.

    Wertzone Classics: The Separation by Christopher Priest Adam Whitehead 2008

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