What is the meaning of Headlong?

  • (a.&adv.) Hastily; without delay or respite.
  • (a.) Steep; precipitous.
  • (a.&adv.) Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.
  • (a.) Rash; precipitate; as, headlong folly.
  • (a.&adv.) With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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APAWebster's. (2011). headlong. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/headlong/definitions/2015384
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MLAWebster's. "headlong" 27 May 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/headlong/definitions/2015384>
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