different between neglectful vs negligibly

English

Alternative forms

• neglectfull (archaic)

Etymology

From neglect +? -ful.

Adjective

neglectful (comparative more neglectful, superlative most neglectful)

1. Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
   • 1891, Rudyard Kipling, "The Finest Story in the World":

     The Fates that are so careful to shut the doors of each successive life behind us had, in this case, been neglectful, and Charlie was looking, though that he did not know, where never man had been permitted to look with full knowledge since Time began.

   • 2005, Plato, Sophist. Translation by Lesley Brown. 243a-b,

     That they were too neglectful of ordinary people like us and overlooked us.

Derived terms

• neglectfully
• neglectfulness

Translations

English

Etymology

negligible +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??l?d??bli/, /?n??l?d??bli/

Adverb

negligibly (not comparable)

1. To a degree that is negligible; so small or slight that it may be ignored.
   • 1920 — Albert Einstein, Relativity: The Special and General Theory

     Thus if the spherical surface beings are living on a planet of which the solar system occupies only a negligibly small part of the spherical universe, they have no means of determining whether they are living in a finite or in an infinite universe.

Synonyms

• insignificantly

Antonyms

• importantly
• significantly

Related terms

• neglect
• neglectful
• negligence
• negligent
• negligently
• negligibility
• negligible