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adv. - In a careless manner.

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Usage examples (32)
  • It matters little if parents are heavily or neglectfully involved in their kids' lives.
  • Years ago, a local bookstore used to neglectfully stack volumes at the top of its entrance ramp, Mr. Wang says.
  • But when the powers that either deliberately repress or neglectfully ignore all other methods, then this is the result.
  • So they passed down the garden to the kitchen door, and the magic cloak, which had wrought such wonderful things that day, still remained neglectfully cast aside.
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