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Definition: Negligently |
NegligentlyAdverb1. In a negligent manner; "he did his work negligently". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "negligently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Neglect | Adverb: negligently; Adjective: hand over head, anyhow; in an unguarded moment; (unexpectedly); per incuriam. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Negligently |
| English words defined with "negligently": Disregardfully ♦ Hand over head ♦ Perfuncturate ♦ tweedle. (references) |
| Author | Quotation |
Seneca | No book can be so good as to be profitable when negligently read. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Human Rights | Ghana | The suspect had appeared before the Accra Circuit Tribunal charged with two counts of manslaughter and negligently causing harm. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Negligently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Negligently" is used about 121 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 121 | 29,211 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "negligently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | بإهمال (carelessly, heedlessly, idly, slack). (various references) | |
Chinese | 疏忽地 (inadvertently). (various references) | |
Czech | nedbale (anyhow, carelessly, casually, offhandedly, recklessly). (various references) | |
Finnish | huolettomasti (carelessly, unconcernedly). (various references) | |
French | négligemment, par négligence (through negligence). (various references) | |
German | nachlässige (carelessly, inattentively), nachlässig (careless, carelessly, forgetful, inattentive, lackadaisical, lax, neglectful, neglectfully, negligent, remiss, slack, slipshod, sloppy, thoughtless), fahrlässig (careless, negligent, through negligence). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nemtörődöm módon (insouciantly), hanyagul (insouciantly, perfunctorily, sloppily, to slubber), gondatlanul (carelessly, incautiously, mindlessly), felületesen (from one's teeth, futilely, perfunctorily, sloppily, superficially, to slubber, to smatter). (various references) | |
Italian | per negligenza (through negligence). (various references) | |
Korean | 태만하게. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | egligentlynay.(various references) | |
Spanish | negligentemente, con descuido. (various references) | |
Thai | อย่างไม่สนใจ. (various references) | |
Ukranian | необережно (rashly, unwarily), необачно (headlong, slap bang), недбало (carelessly, casually, offhandedly, slovenly), абияк (anyhow, anyway, carelessly, helter-skelter, hit or miss). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | incuriose. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "negligently" (pronounced ne"glijuntlē) |
| 8 | -l i j u n t l ē | intelligently. |
| 6 | -j u n t l ē | diligently, pungently, stringently, urgently. |
| 5 | -u n t l ē | abundantly, accidently, adamantly, apparently, ardently, arrogantly, blatantly, brilliantly, coherently, competently, complacently, concomitantly, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, currently, decently, defiantly, differently, efficiently, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, excellently, extravagantly, exultantly, fervently, flagrantly, flamboyantly, fluently, fraudulently, frequently, hesitantly, imminently, impatiently, importantly, imprudently, inadvertently, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, independently, indignantly, inefficiently, infrequently, inherently, innocently, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intermittently, leniently, magnificently, militantly, obediently, patently, patiently, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, predominantly, presently, prominently, prudently, recently, reluctantly, reverently, significantly, silently, stridently, subsequently, sufficiently, transparently, triumphantly, unpleasantly, valiantly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
| 4 | -n t l ē | bluntly, faintly, gently, intently, jointly, nonchalantly, quaintly, saintly. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, accurately, acutely, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, appropriately, approximately, aptly, astutely, brightly, commensurately, compassionately, completely, concretely, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, curtly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, difficultly, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, elaborately, exactly, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, firstly, flatly, forthrightly, fortnightly, fortunately, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imperfectly, implicitly, inaccurately, inadequately, inappropriately, incorrectly, indefinitely, indirectly, indiscriminately, ineptly, infinitely, innately, inordinately, intimately, intricately, justly, knightly, lastly, lately, legitimately, lightly, manifestly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, nightly, overtly, partly, passionately, perfectly, politely, portly, priestly, privately, promptly, proportionately, quietly, raptly, remotely, resolutely, rightly, robustly, secretly, separately, shortly, slightly, smartly, softly, sprightly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, succinctly, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, tightly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unsightly, vastly, Whitely. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-g-g-i-l-l-n-n-t-y" | |
-2 letters: leniently, negligent. | |
-3 letters: gentling, gingeley, gingelly, gleeting. | |
-4 letters: gelling, gentile, gillnet, gingely, gleying, lenient, neglige, telling, yelling. | |
-5 letters: elegit, engine, eyeing, geeing, gentil, gentle, gently, giglet, gleety, glegly, leggin, lenity, lenten, lentil, lineny, linnet, lintel, nellie, niggle, ninety, teeing, tingle, tingly, tyning, yeelin. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 67 6C 69 67 65 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . --. .-.. .. --. . -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100111 01101100 01101001 01100111 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e g l i g e n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0067 006C 0069 0067 0065 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4871737875737180867891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Quotations: Familiar 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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