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6 words match “INADVERTENT”

INADVERTENT a.
Not turning the mind to a matter; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path. Cowper. -- In`ad*vert"ent*ly, adv.
DESIGNEDLY adv.
By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.
IGNORANTLY adv.
In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently. Whom therefoer ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Acts xvii. 23.
INADVERTENCE; INADVERTENCY n.
The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or want of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. Jer. Taylor.
REPTILE n.
on its belly, as snakes,, or by means of small, short legs, as lizards, and the like. An inadvertent step may crush the snail That crawls at evening in the public path; But he that has humanity, forewarned, Will tread aside, and let the reptile live. Cowper.
SLIDE v.
To pass inadvertently. Beware thou slide not by it. Ecclus. xxviii. 26.