inattentivelyadv.
/ɪnəˈtɛntɪvli/ In an inattentive manner; without paying attention or giving due heed; negligently.
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the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adverb]
unheedily1596
unattentively1611
unheedfullya1616
heedlesslya1682
unobservantly1733
inattentively1748
unheedingly1787
vaguely1828
the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > carelessly or heedlessly
unadvised1420
wildly1548
unrespectively1586
regardlessly1590
unheedily1596
unheedfullya1616
disregardfully1640
unmindfullya1653
inadvertently1678
non-attendingly1678
heedlesslya1682
unregardedly1685
inadvertingly1715
inattentively1748
unheedingly1787
slap-bang1829
regardless1872
merrily1906
blithely1921
slap-happily1969
1748 Bp. J. Butler Serm. in Wks. (1874) II. 308 A kind of prejudice, to which perhaps most of us..may inattentively be liable.
1781 S. Johnson Pope in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets VII. 101 Behaviour, inattentively deficient in respect.
1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe II. v. 262 Corniani, and all the rest, must have read her very inattentively.
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