indistinctively
indistinctively adverb: in an indistinct manner.
Adverb
indistinctively (comparative more indistinctively, superlative most indistinctively)
- In an indistinct manner
- They had not reached the point of differentiating divorces, but classed them indistinctively as disgraceful incidents, in which the woman was always to blame, but the man, though her innocent victim, was yet inevitably contaminated.1913, Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country
- It was as an unconscious and deep trance, through which something like a dream only faintly and indistinctively stirs.1835, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Rienzi
Forms of indistinctively
| comparative | more indistinctively |
|---|---|
| superlative | most indistinctively |
Origin of indistinctively
From indistinctive + -ly.
Questions about indistinctively
- What does indistinctively mean?
- Indistinctively means in an indistinct manner.
- What part of speech is indistinctively?
- Indistinctively is an adverb.
Words near indistinctively in the dictionary
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