inconsequently
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Our mortgage interest barely gets us over the threshold to itemized our deductions and results in an inconsequently amount of taxes savings.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2018
"I must call on Mr. Needham before Sunday," he added inconsequently to his father.
From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Sir John Alexander Hammerton
"And so," she added inconsequently, as he made no answer, "I came to you."
From The Broken Gate A Novel by Emerson Hough
"Poor Slipper!" he added inconsequently, and only laughed again when I asked for an explanation.
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
She chatted inconsequently while she poured out the tea, and he watched her, and admired again, as he had admired on the previous night, the sweet expression of her face, her air of joyous youth.
From The Bigamist by F.E. Mills Young
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