Improvidently

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • With improvidence; without foresight or forecast.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adverb. In a improvident manner.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adverb. In an improvident manner.
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  • adverb. in an improvident manner
  • Word Usage
    "For this reason, when it happens that there exists only a single word to express a certain conception, and this word, in its usual acceptation, is thoroughly adequate to the conception, the accurate distinction of which from related conceptions is of great importance, we ought not to employ the expression improvidently, or, for the sake of variety and elegance of style, use it as a synonym for other cognate words."