adv
Meaning 1
In a negligent manner: carelessly or inattentively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
negligently
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adverb
Meaning 2
in a negligent manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he did his work negligently
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English negligent Middle English -ly English -ly English negligently From negligent + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: إِهْمَالًا (ʔihmālan) — in a negligent manner
- Catalan: negligentment — in a negligent manner
- Finnish: piittaamattomasti — in a negligent manner
- French: négligemment — in a negligent manner
- German: nachlässig — in a negligent manner
- Irish: ar nós cuma liom — in a negligent manner
- Italian: negligentemente — in a negligent manner
- Polish: niedbale — in a negligent manner
- Portuguese: negligentemente — in a negligent manner
- Russian: небре́жно (nebréžno) — in a negligent manner
- Spanish: negligentemente — in a negligent manner