He treated his staff cavalierly. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : an arrogant and cavalier attitude toward others. ,The very dignified officials were confused by his cavalier manner. From Dictionary.com.
Dr. Griffin cavalierly stated that all we needed to go back to the Moon "is a good map". From Wordnik.com. [Augustine Committee Meets at MSFC Today - NASA Watch] Reference
An Englishman appears to lack a twenty-dollar word, derived rather cavalierly from the Greek, to mean 'fear of snow'. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
Talton recalls cavalierly writing about the fate of steelworkers overtaken by technology and globalization. From Wordnik.com. [Downbeat « BuzzMachine] Reference
This article was written six years before the words last quoted from Mr. Wallace; how absolutely, however, does the word "cavalierly" apply to them!. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from Previous Works and Remarks on Romanes' Mental Evolution in Animals] Reference
OTTAWA - The federal government has "cavalierly" rejected meaningful reform of the Access to Information Act, say three groups that campaign for open and accountable government. From Wordnik.com. [Edmonton Sun] Reference
Bill saw it and very cavalierly returned my salute. From Wordnik.com. [Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers] Reference
Maybe they took it a little too cavalierly out there. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2005] Reference
He thanked her cavalierly, and offered her a diamond ring. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
They cavalierly settle the case of the body against itself. From Wordnik.com. [Sane Sex Life and Sane Sex Living Some Things That All Sane People Ought to Know About Sex Nature and Sex Functioning; Its Place in the Economy of Life, Its Proper Training and Righteous Exercise] Reference
So this is something that is not treated with any -- cavalierly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - CNN Late Edition: Ehud Barak Discusses the Crisis in the Middle East - October 15, 2000] Reference
And she will just cavalierly disregard advice, disregard orders. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 3, 2007] Reference
And Walter cavalierly just threw the script into the garbage can. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2009] Reference
And you have treated me so cavalierly that I may never be able to forgive you. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
"Late, but still in time to say good-night to the guest he rather cavalierly treats.". From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
But his forecast is not so outlandish that it's cavalierly dismissed by other economists. From Wordnik.com. [Self-Inflicted Cyber Wound?] Reference
In a post-9/11 world, port security is too important an issue to be treated so cavalierly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2006] Reference
In the post-9/11 world, port security is too important an issue to be treated so cavalierly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2006] Reference
HILLARY CLINTON (D), NEW YORK: Port security is too important an issue to be treated so cavalierly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 21, 2006] Reference
I think there's just so much of this that it's taken so cavalierly and it was only a matter of time. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 17, 2007] Reference
Min did not treat me cavalierly, however, notwithstanding that I had arrived in advance of expectation. From Wordnik.com. [She and I, Volume 1] Reference
Bobby liked me and probably would not have allowed NBC to treat me as cavalierly as it did at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Ms. Walters Reflects] Reference
Nobody gets or agrees to an abortion cavalierly; no one thinks of it as just another form of birth control. From Wordnik.com. [John Shore: Beyond the Christianization of Abortion] Reference
To mix them in cavalierly with workshop production is like crediting Emily Dickinson's poems to a committee. From Wordnik.com. [Real Deal Rembrandt] Reference
And thus cavalierly dismissed, Mr. Percy bowed, somewhat less gallantly than when entering, and left the room. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
COHEN: Well, obviously, he sat in on many meetings in the White House and his comments can't be dismissed cavalierly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 13, 2004] Reference
Sometimes the most important revelations at auto shows are buried beneath the headlines, or cavalierly floated as trial balloons. From Wordnik.com. [The Genesis of Hyundai’s luxury brand?] Reference
Maulear, wounded that the cherished name of Aminta should be so cavalierly treated by Gaetano, replied with ill-disguised temper. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851] Reference
In his memoir, Greenspan mounts a spirited defense against critics who charge that he too cavalierly let bubbles inflate on his watch. From Wordnik.com. [The Economics of Human Behavior] Reference
We entertain, we repeat, very grave apprehension that the House of Lords has treated far too cavalierly the authority of the great Lord. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844] Reference
Nora's admirers, sometimes encouraged, sometimes snubbed, when treated cavalierly by this young lady, would occasionally pay court to the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
"To a detective, -- that is, if you will repeat your generous offer, which I so cavalierly declined not long ago, to be my banker for an indefinite time.". From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
We overthrew Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, and then cavalierly dismantled the entire structure of the Iraqi state, sure that we could simply set up a new one. From Wordnik.com. [Sam Huntington, 1927–2008] Reference
This is interpreted by many to mean that those who open their mouths and enunciate get what they want are treated less cavalierly than others who do not speak up. From Wordnik.com. [From the Reader's Ingest, Mouth Theory] Reference
Like other reactor advocates, Stewart cavalierly dismisses the nuclear waste problem by advocating, among other things, that the stuff simply be dumped down a deep hole. From Wordnik.com. [Harvey Wasserman: Stewart Brand is Wrong About Nukes -- And Is Losing] Reference
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