headlong
adverb
[ ˈhɛdlɒŋ ]
• with the head foremost.
• "he fell headlong into the tent"
• in a rush; with reckless haste.
• "those who rush headlong to join in the latest craze"
Similar:
breakneck,
whirlwind,
reckless,
precipitate,
precipitous,
rash,
impetuous,
hasty,
careless,
heedless,
without thinking,
without forethought,
precipitately,
precipitously,
impetuously,
rashly,
recklessly,
carelessly,
heedlessly,
hastily,
in haste,
head first,
head over heels,
headlong
adjective
• extremely or recklessly hasty.
• "a headlong dash through the house"
Origin:
Middle English headling (from head + the adverbial suffix -ling ), altered in late Middle English by association with -long.
