neglectfully

Example Sentences

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“It’s sad that parents behave so neglectfully these days.”

From The Guardian • Aug. 15, 2018

He told of a serious accident he had a couple of years ago working on his motorcycle when he neglectfully left the motor running while adjusting a chain.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2018

How your brown hair, That simply and neglectfully you wear, Bind my wild thoughts in its abundant snare?

From Poems New and Old by Freeman, John

I don't find fault with my old friend, Pigault Lebrun, if he now and then plays the critic on himself, and shows the world the beauties they neglectfully slurred over.

From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Lever, Charles James

Do not sigh a poor assent to the truth of it, and then pass by neglectfully on the other side.

From Thoughts for the Quiet Hour by Various