negligentlyadv.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 1 Esdras iv. 22 Seeþ lest necgligentli þis be fulfild.

c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 680 Acursed be he that dooth the seruyce of god necligently.

?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 38 (MED) He considereþ hym vnkynde..þat so necligently ha haþ mysspendid his tyme and mysusid þe graces whiche he had receyued.

1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 113 Tithes..necligently for-yeten.

a1450 (?1348) R. Rolle Form of Living (Cambr.) in Eng. Writings (1931) 99 (MED) Other many syns þar er of omission, þat es..to do necligently þat he es bownden till.

1482 Monk of Evesham 65 Perauenture he neglygently kepte hys ordre.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 363 There is no graunt made lyberally, if it be demaunded neglygently.

1532 in L. M. Munby Life & Death in King's Langley (1981) 10 My tithis and oblacions necligentlye forgotten.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxx They wrote the safe-conduite with a few wordes, and very negligently.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary To Rdr. sig. ¶5 Flowers..carelesly and negligently bound together.

1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Aug. (1972) VII. 238 I..wondered at the reason of my being received so negligently.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 152. ⁋3 A Gentleman who had the Rein of his Horse negligently under his Arm.

1781 W. Cowper Expostulation 695 A spot Not quickly found, if negligently sought.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxii. 207 Graceful and grotesque, thrown negligently side by side.

1895 J. M. Falkner Lost Stradivarius viii. 109 The figure was posed negligently against a fluted stone pedestal or short column on which the left elbow leant, and the right foot was crossed lightly over the left.

1915 W. Cather Song of Lark iv. viii. 335 She said negligently, over her fur collar, ‘Better let me take you along and drop you somewhere.’

1969 A. McCaffrey Ship who Sang 65 Kira shrugged negligently.

1989 J. Pournelle & S. M. Stirling in L. Niven et al. Man-Kzin Wars II iii. 214 Obstructing traffic, but nobody was going to object..not when shockrods dangled negligently in their hands.

a1691 P. Ventris Rep. (1696) i. 190 The plaintiff had caused to be laden on board her three trunks,..but he did so negligently keep them, that..the same were totally lost out of the said ship.

1738 Cases King's Bench William III 151 Case for negligently keeping his Fire.

1814 E. H. East Rep. Cases Court of King's Bench XVI. 244 For improperly and negligently carrying a cask of brandy..by which it was damaged and the greater part of the brandy lost.

1885 Law Times Rep. 53 325/2 The defendant..negligently and unskilfully navigated and managed the said vessel.

1923 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 17 170 Any person who maliciously or negligently destroys or damages an antiquity shall be liable to a penalty.

1957 M. Turner-Samuels Law of Married Women i. 11 It was held by the House of Lords..that the right of a husband to damages for loss of consortium against a person who negligently injures his wife is an anomaly at the present day.

1971 Reader's Digest Family Guide Law 435/1 A professional man who gives advice negligently can face claims not only from his own client..but also from others adversely affected.