Ignorantly

Examples

• An extraneous jurisdiction of this kind, besides, is liable to be exercised both ignorantly and capriciously. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Men are not blamed for such evil actions as they perform ignorantly and casually, whatever may be their consequences. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I conceive that you ignorantly worship; in all things you appear to me too superstitious. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We do not understand our own meaning in talking so, but ignorantly confound ideas, which are entirely distinct from each other. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• Ignorantly shocking your feelings, said Mr. Dempster, looking very much discomposed. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Imagine a poor Frenchman ignorantly intruding upon a public rostrum sacred to some six-penny dignitary in America. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I ask you—ignorantly and humbly, my daughter—for the better, do you think? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• It was doubtless from some sad experience in ignorantly attempting to put fetters on it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• They had ignorantly done something (I forget what) in the town, which barely brought them within the operation of the law. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The obstinate folly of his story is beyond all belief; and you might lead him into ignorantly---- Ignorantly what? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Whom, therefore, ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• But I will do nothing ignorantly, which we might, one day, have reason to feel ashamed of. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Left to themselves, or ignorantly tabooed, they break forth in some barbaric or morbid form. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.

Editor: Ricky