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adverbunactively (comparative more unactively, superlative most unactively)
comparative more unactively · superlative most unactively
- Synonym of inactively.
[…] to sink into it self, and so unactively — like a meteor — to vanish or smother out in vain and idle apparitions.
1870, Fulke Greville (Baron Brooke), Alexander Balloch Grosart, The Works in Verse and Prose Complete of the Right Honourable Fulke Greville, Lord Brooke (page 27)Synonyms: inactively
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adverbSynonym of inactively.
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unactively. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unactively
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“unactively.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unactively. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unactively,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unactively.
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