Thoughtlessly
['θɔtlisli]
Definition
(adv.) showing thoughtlessness; 'he treated his parents thoughtlessly'.
(adv.) in a thoughtless manner; 'he stared thoughtlessly at the picture'.
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Examples
- It is in that way that hard-working medical men may come to be almost as mischievous as quacks, said Lydgate, rather thoughtlessly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She may have said the same thing to you, when you thoughtlessly assisted her escape. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Mr. Hartright, you have thoughtlessly allowed yourself to form an attachment--a serious and devoted attachment I am afraid--to my sister Laura. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I had regretted, truly regretted, the aspersion which I had thoughtlessly cast on her memory, before I had seen a line of her letter. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Poor Lady Verinder (reclining thoughtlessly on her own sofa cushions) glanced at the book, and handed it back to me looking more confused than ever. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Brockton had a good deal of pride in its fine trees, and a strong sentiment was very soon aroused against the mutilation proposed so thoughtlessly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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