Inadvertently
[,ɪnəd'vɜːt(ə)ntlɪ] or ['ɪnəd'vɝtntli]
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Thoughtlessly, inconsiderately, carelessly, heedlessly, negligently, in an unguarded moment.
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Examples
- His old dog, Pilot, lay on one side, removed out of the way, and coiled up as if afraid of being inadvertently trodden upon. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- But as you, though inadvertently and without intending so unreasonable a question, asked me 'what for? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It did not send out knowledge with its blessing; it let it loose inadvertently. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Edited by Clio