Headlong
Headlong adverb - With excessive or careless speed.
Usage example: plunged headlong into the crowd in pursuit of the purse snatcher
Headfirst
Headfirst adjective - With the head foremost.
Usage example: a headfirst plunge down the stairs
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- forward and headlong
- forward and headfirst
- pell-mell and headlong
- pell-mell and headfirst
- recklessly and headlong
- recklessly and headfirst
- swiftly and headlong
- swiftly and headfirst
- slapdash and headlong
- slapdash and headfirst
- hastily and headlong
- hastily and headfirst
- carelessly and headlong
- carelessly and headfirst
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Headfirst and Headlong. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/headlong/headfirst
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