Definitions for Inadvertently
in·ad·ver·tent·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. unwittingly, inadvertently, unknowinglyadverb

   without knowledge or intention

   "he unwittingly deleted the references"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. inadvertentlyadverb

   Unintentionally, because of an oversight.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inadvertentlyadverb

   Carelesly; negligently.

   Etymology: from inadvertent.

   Aristotle mentions Telegonus as the son of Circe and Ulysses, who afterwards slew his father with the bone of a fish inadvertently. William Broome, Notes on the Odyssey.

   Worthy persons, if inadvertently drawn into a deviation, will endeavour instantly to recover their lost ground. Clarissa.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Inadvertently in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Inadvertently in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Inadvertently in a Sentence

1. Julia Marcus:

   When we have an all-or-nothing approach to prevention, which is what we've been seeing in our public health messaging around the coronavirus, we tend to inadvertently stigmatize anything people do that's not 100 % risk reduction.

2. President Barack Obama:

   As president and as Commdander-in-Chief, I take full responsibility for all our counterterrorism operations including the one that inadvertently took the lives of Warren and Giovanni.

3. Sian Griffiths:

   I realized I couldn't taste it, even when I inadvertently chewed a cardamom pod. This was rather disconcerting as I had no other symptoms such as a blocked nose.

4. Ted Kallmyer:

   While the amounts are still much higher than what we experts recommend as a safe daily amount (400 mg), this group of people has, over time, built up their caffeine tolerance and/or their livers process caffeine really well so it doesn't affect them adversely, however, the problem with these products is that they can inadvertently be consumed by people who are not in the targeted category.

5. Elliot Wayne Eisner:

   We have inadvertently designed a system in which being good at what you do as a teacher is not formally rewarded, while being poor at what you do is seldom corrected nor penalized.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Inadvertently
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inadvertently
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Inadvertently