All 11 Uses of
negligent
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- "Eh," he said, negligently, "this money is not mine.†
Chpt 1-2negligently = with insufficient care or attention
- This key was furnished with a small iron point,—a negligence on the part of the locksmith.†
Chpt 17-18 *negligence = insufficient care or attention
- "Shall I assist you in repairing your negligence?" asked Franz.†
Chpt 33-34
- "Ah," said the count negligently, looking attentively at Morcerf, "is there not something like an execution upon the Piazza del Popolo?"†
Chpt 35-36negligently = with insufficient care or attention
- "The three last," returned he, with a negligence evidently unaffected, for he could not imagine with what intention the question was put.†
Chpt 35-36negligence = insufficient care or attention
- "Oh, no," returned Monte Cristo negligently; "since I have this, I will keep it."†
Chpt 41-42negligently = with insufficient care or attention
- An error I readily forgive, but wilful negligence or forgetfulness, never.†
Chpt 45-46negligence = insufficient care or attention
- "Faults or crimes," responded Monte Cristo with a negligent air.†
Chpt 47-48
- On the evening of one of the warmest days spring had yet bestowed on the inhabitants of Paris, might be seen negligently thrown upon the stone bench, a book, a parasol, and a work-basket, from which hung a partly embroidered cambric handkerchief, while at a little distance from these articles was a young woman, standing close to the iron gate, endeavoring to discern something on the other side by means of the openings in the planks,—the earnestness of her attitude and the fixed gaze with which she seemed to seek the object of her wishes, proving how much her feelings were interested in the matter.†
Chpt 51-52negligently = with insufficient care or attention
- Not having repeated them, through negligence, I should be fined.†
Chpt 61-62negligence = insufficient care or attention
- No, I did not say of poison, but we can prove what was the state of the body; we shall discover the cause of her sudden death, and we shall say, 'Dear Villefort, if this thing has been caused by negligence, watch over your servants; if from hatred, watch your enemies.'†
Chpt 73-74
Definition:
insufficient care or attention (not being careful enough or not trying hard enough to fulfill a responsibility)