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adverbdormantly (not comparable)
- not comparableWhile dormant.
The unfinished argument which had been smouldering dormantly like some quiescent volcano since Lockyer's day — suddenly boiled over in print. Hawkins' article in Nature kindled response from all quarters.
2013, Peter Lancaster Brown, Megaliths, Myths and Men: An Introduction to Astro-Archaeology, page 111
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dormantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormantly
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“dormantly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormantly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dormantly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dormantly.
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