headily
In dizzying fashion
In a heady manner—with intoxicating intensity, reckless excitement, or dizzying exhilaration.
The word modifies actions done under the influence of strong emotion or overwhelming sensation: The perfume hung headily in the air.
They rushed headily into the affair without considering consequences.
Without careful thought
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- impulsivelyWithout prior deliberation
- hastilyIn rushed manner
- precipitouslyExtremely steeply or hastily
foolhardily · heedlessly · incautiously · carelessly · brashly · audaciously · impetuously · unthinkingly
Causing spatial disorientation
- exhilaratingIntensely invigorating or exciting
- euphoricOverwhelmed with joy
- inebriatingCausing drunkenness
- giddilyIn a frivolous manner
swooning · lightheaded · reeling · woozy · tipsy · delirious · rapturous · ecstatic
With excessive pride
- smuglyWith excessive self-satisfaction
- cockilyWith brash overconfidence
- presumptuouslyWith unwarranted boldness
- brazenlyIn shameless manner
boastfully · hubristically · swaggeringly · boldly · brashly · self-assuredly · pompously · egotistically
rashly
Without careful thought
- recklesslyActing without regard for danger
- impulsivelyWithout prior deliberation
- hastilyIn rushed manner
precipitously · foolhardily · heedlessly · incautiously · carelessly · brashly · audaciously · impetuously · unthinkingly · wildly
dizzying
Causing spatial disorientation
- exhilaratingIntensely invigorating or exciting
- euphoricOverwhelmed with joy
- inebriatingCausing drunkenness
giddily · swooning · lightheaded · reeling · woozy · tipsy · delirious · rapturous · ecstatic · elated
arrogantly
With excessive pride
- smuglyWith excessive self-satisfaction
- cockilyWith brash overconfidence
- presumptuouslyWith unwarranted boldness
brazenly · boastfully · hubristically · swaggeringly · boldly · brashly · self-assuredly · pompously · egotistically · haughtily
headilycautiously
In a guarded manner
carefully · deliberately · prudently · circumspectly · guardedly
headilysoberly
In a serious manner
lucidly · rationally · levelheadedly · composedly · coolly
- heading outStarting to leave
- heading offIntercepting or departing
- heading home
- heading southMoving toward the equator
- heading back
- heading north
heading, headings, beheading, headier, headiness, beheadings