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

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

“I’ll try,” grunted the rather indignant Barbara, who considered that her precious charge, Clare, was being very neglectfully received.

From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Holt, Emily Sarah

In photographs taken previous to 1886 his look betrays the man who feels that he has been treated neglectfully by an ungrateful world for which he had made enormous sacrifices.

From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas