Imprudently
[ɪm'pru:dntlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) in an imprudent manner; 'imprudently, he downed tools and ran home to make his wife happy'.
Edited by Julius--From WordNet
Examples
- I had certainly acted imprudently. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- He imprudently puts himself into the power of the young man and his older associate. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then I, rather imprudently, wished you good-night, and started for the Temple to see my husband. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He no longer drank cautiously, prudently, but imprudently and recklessly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He had imprudently taken a bath at too high a temperature, and the natural philosopher was no more! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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