Moving or falling headlong; in a reckless manner with the head leading, emphasizing speed or carelessness rather than caution.
Compound of 'head' and archaic 'foremost' (forward-most); an older English adverb replaced mostly by 'headlong' by the 18th century.
English has so many ways to say 'recklessly'—headforemost, headlong, pell-mell, willy-nilly—each one capturing a slightly different flavor of chaos!
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