negligently
/nˈɛɡlɪdʒəntli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a negligent manner: carelessly or inattentively.
Example Sentences
- "With no great disparity between them in point of years, they were, in every other respect, as unlike and far removed from each other as two men could well be. The one was soft-spoken, delicately made, precise, and elegant; the other, a burly square-built man, negligently dressed, rough and abrupt in manner, stern, and, in his present mood, forbidding both in look and speech."
- ""Ignorance!" Ser Perth murmured to himself. He sighed heavily. "Always ignorance. Well, then, listen." He sat down on the corner of the desk and took out a cigarette. At least it looked like a cigarette. He snapped his fingers and lighted it from a little flame that sprang up, blowing clouds of bright green smoke from his mouth. The smoke hung lazily, drifting into vague patterns and then began to coalesce into a green houri without costume. He swatted at it negligently."
Etymology
Etymology tree English negligent Middle English -ly English -ly English negligently From negligent + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more negligently (comparative)
most negligently (superlative)