Neg"a*tive*ly, adv. 1. In a negative manner; with or by denial. "He
answered negatively." Boyle.
2. In the form of speech implying the absence of something; -- opposed
to positively.
I shall show what this image of God in man is, negatively, by
showing wherein it does not consist, and positively, by showing
wherein it does consist.
South.
Negatively charged or electrified (Elec.), having a charge of the kind
of electricity called negative.
{ Neg"a*tive*ness, Neg`a*tiv"i*ty } (?), n. The quality or state of
being negative.
Neg"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. negatorius: cf. F. négatorie.] Expressing
denial; belonging to negation; negative. Carlyle.
||Neg"i*noth (?), n. pl. [Heb. ngnth.] (Script.) Stringed instruments.
||Dr. W. Smith.
To the chief musician on Neginoth.
Ps. iv. 9heading).
Neg*lect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n.
Neglecting.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere (negligere) to
disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. neing, not to pick up; nec
not, nor (fr. ne not + - que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and
prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See
No, adv., Legend, Who.] 1. Not to attend to with due care or attention;
to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved,
unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to
neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.