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IGNORANTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ignorantly mean?
• IGNORANTLY (adverb)
The adverb IGNORANTLY has 1 sense:
1. in ignorance; in an ignorant manner
Familiarity information: IGNORANTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In ignorance; in an ignorant manner
Context example:
they lived ignorantly in their own small world
Pertainym:
ignorant (unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge)
Context examples
I was unfortunately and ignorantly facing it.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I had gazed upon the fortifications and impediments that seemed to keep human beings from entering the citadel of nature, and rashly and ignorantly I had repined.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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