Undesignedly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a way that was not designed; as an unexpected consequence; unintentionally. not-comparable
"“[…] Since that time, I have written to her many letters, but never could obtain an answer, which I must own sits somewhat the heavier, as she herself was, though undesignedly, the occasion of all my sufferings […]”"
Example
More examples"Let us not attribute to malice and cruelty what may be referred to less criminal motives. Do we not often afflict others undesignedly, and, from mere carelessness, neglect to relieve distress?"
Etymology
From undesigned + -ly.
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