inactively

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adverb

In an inactive manner.

OriginProto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English inactive →
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Meanings

adverbinactively (comparative more inactively, superlative most inactively)

comparative more inactively · superlative most inactively

  1. In an inactive manner.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
unactively

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  7. Proto-Italic*agō
  8. Latinagō
  9. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  10. Latināctīvus
  11. Latinināctīvu
  12. Frenchinactif
  13. Englishinactive
  14. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  15. Proto-Germanic*līką
  16. Englishinactively

From inactive + -ly.

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Translations

Polish bezczynnie
  • bezczynniein an inactive manner
Slovak neaktívne, nečinne
  • neaktívnein an inactive manner
  • nečinnein an inactive manner
Cite this entry
APA

inactively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inactively

MLA

“inactively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inactively. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inactively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inactively.

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