Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a disregardful manner; negligently; neglectfully.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Negligently; heedlessly.
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- adverb In a
disregardful manner;negligently ;heedlessly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Hark ye, brother,” said Jin Vin, “I will allow no one to speak disregardfully of the city, for all I am in trouble.”
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Jerry, stepping inside, deposited his basket, which did not appear to be very heavy, rather disregardfully by him on the floor.
Strangers at Lisconnel Jane Barlow 1887
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"Hark ye, brother," said Jin Vin, "I will allow no one to speak disregardfully of the city, for all I am in trouble."
The Fortunes of Nigel Walter Scott 1801
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Whether you believe that these forces are the original impulse of "original sin," or you conclude, as Camus did, that "the worm is in the heart," there can be no dispute that the willingness to act disregardfully of ourselves and one another exacts a terrible toll on this planet.
American Thinker 2009
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a universal discomfort, of fields, and of ruined houses treated disregardfully ....
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