Negligently
['neglidʒəntli]
Definition
(adv.) In a negligent manner.
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Examples
- Eugene leaned back in his chair, and smoked with his eyes negligently turned on the informer, and his pen ready to reduce him to more writing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The bars were wide enough apart to admit of his thrusting his arm through to the elbow; and so he held on negligently, for his greater ease. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She wore it negligently but gracefully. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She negligently calls him back. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She stood negligently, staring away from him, into the distance. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She looked at him with a long, slow inscrutable look, as he stood before her negligently, the water standing in beads all over his skin. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Lightwood also smoked, with his eyes negligently turned on the informer. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- St. Clare had often thought the same thing himself; but he answered, negligently. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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