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negligently

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neg·li·gent  (ngl-jnt)
adj.
1. Characterized by or inclined to neglect, especially habitually.
2. Characterized by careless ease or informality; casual.
3. Law Guilty of negligence.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin neglegns, neglegent-, present participle of neglegere, to neglect; see neglect.]

negli·gent·ly adv.
Synonyms: negligent, derelict, lax, neglectful, remiss, slack1
These adjectives mean guilty of a lack of due care or concern: an accident caused by a negligent driver; was derelict in his civic responsibilities; lax in attending classes; neglectful of her own financial security; remiss of you not to pay your bill; slack in maintaining discipline.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.negligently - in a negligent manner; "he did his work negligently"
Translations
negligently [ˈneglɪdʒəntlɪ] ADV
1. (= carelessly) → con negligencia
2. (= casually) → despreocupadamente
negligently [ˈnɛglɪdʒəntli] adv
[act] → négligemment
(= offhandedly) → négligemment
negligently
adv
nachlässig; (= causing danger, damage)fahrlässig; he very negligently forgotin seiner Nachlässigkeit or nachlässigerweise vergaß er es
(= in an offhand manner)lässig
negligently [ˈnɛglɪdʒntlɪ] advcon negligenza
negligently [ˈnɛglɪdʒntlɪ] advcon negligenza


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I have no need to observe that I do not wilfully or negligently mislead my readers and that before I wrote that description I took pains to investigate the subject.
One day toward the end of December Natasha, pale and thin, dressed in a black woolen gown, her plaited hair negligently twisted into a knot, was crouched feet and all in the corner of her sofa, nervously crumpling and smoothing out the end of her sash while she looked at a corner of the door.
He had once more reared the American flag in the lost domains of Astoria; and had he been enabled to maintain the footing he had so gallantly effected, he might have regained for his country the opulent trade of the Columbia, of which our statesmen have negligently suffered us to be dispossessed.
 
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