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

And when the wagon finally drove away, neglectfully leaving the two men behind, it is not surprising that the fancy grocer did not notice it.

From Ashton-Kirk, Investigator by McIntyre, John T.

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

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