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headlong
adjective
(head-long)
with the head foremost
Synonyms:
headfirst
,
Examples:
The runner slid headlong into third base.
A headlong dive into the pool.
headlong
adverb
(head-long)
in a hasty and foolhardy manner
Synonyms:
rashly
,
Examples:
He fell headlong in love with his cousin.
headlong
adverb
(head-long)
at breakneck speed
Synonyms:
precipitately
,
Examples:
Burst headlong through the gate.
headlong
adjective
(head-long)
excessively quick
Synonyms:
hasty
,
Examples:
A headlong rush to sell.
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headlong
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headfirst
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forward
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
pellmell
,
heedlessly
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recklessly
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impetuously
,
inexorably
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madly
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fearlessly
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dizzily
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wildly
,
foolishly
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at full speed
,
headforemost
,
into
,
careening
,
oblivion
,
amuck
,
hurtling
,
precipitantly
,
purler
,
thrusting
,
crazily
,
lurching
,
rabbit hole
,
uncharted
,
careering
,
lemming
,
earthward
,
earthwards
,
backwards
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intrepidly
,
merrily
,
hurtle
,
haplessly
,
netherworld
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helter
,
feetfirst
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subsultory
,
barreling
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maw
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onto
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stampeding
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amok
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exultantly
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spastically
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medievalism
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unloosed
,
rollick
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,
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,
rightwards
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gracelessly
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blithely
,
overdrive
,
turbulently
,
irrationalism
,
remorselessly
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wild blue yonder
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leftwards
,
whirligig
,
uncontrollably
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ferociously
,
unreason
,
careen
,
toward
,
empyrean
,
instinctively
,
headlong
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