different between heedlessly vs shun

English

Etymology

heedless +? -ly

Adverb

heedlessly (comparative more heedlessly, superlative most heedlessly)

1. In a heedless manner.

English

Etymology

From Middle English sh?nen (“decline to do, avoid, fear”), from Old English scunian, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd?- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from *(s)kewH- (“to cover, hide”); if so, cognate with Old English h?dan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

shun (third-person singular simple present shuns, present participle shunning, simple past and past participle shunned)

1. (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently.
2. (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
3. (transitive) To screen, hide.
4. (transitive) To shove, push.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• shun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• shun in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• Huns, USNH, huns

Japanese

Romanization

shun

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Mandarin

Romanization

shun

1. Nonstandard spelling of sh?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shùn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.