inconsequently

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1. In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence

   Columbus smiled at the compliment and snapped inconsequently at a fly.

   1921, Ethel M. Dell, The Obstacle Race

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   My thoughts turned, inconsequently, out of their channel of bitterness, to fresh, desperate questionings.

   1907, William Hope Hodgson, The House on the Borderland

   'Have a burnt almond,' said Captain Willis inconsequently, as though it would help her to understand.

   1912, Ada Leverson, Tenterhooks