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Interventizio Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Levity/carelessness etc.

"You can't throw around allegations like this with such LEVITY/CARELESSNESS/LIGHTNESS/other"

Which one is it? I need a noun that expresses the "lightness" of those who judge others too briskly, as opposed to those who "weigh", who ponder before they speak. I don't know if I am making sense.

  

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Interventizio You can't throw around allegations like that ... so cavalierly. That would be my first choice.

  • Interventizio You can't throw around allegations like that ...
  • so cavalierly.
  • That would be my first choice.
  • Also, flippantly, glibly, blithely, dismissively.
  • Consult a thesaurus for more suggestions.
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InterventizioYou can't throw around allegations like that ...

... so cavalierly.

That would be my first choice.

Also, flippantly, glibly, blithely, dismissively.

Consult a thesaurus for more suggestions.

CJ

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