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inoffensively

inoffensively adverb: in an inoffensive manner.

Adverb

inoffensively (comparative more inoffensively, superlative most inoffensively)

  1. In an inoffensive manner.
    • Greatorex, just arrived for the day, and diffusing an atmosphere of easy competence and inoffensively general familiarity, put his head in at the door.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC

Forms of inoffensively

comparativemore inoffensively
superlativemost inoffensively

Origin of inoffensively

From inoffensive + -ly.

Questions about inoffensively

What does inoffensively mean?
Inoffensively means in an inoffensive manner.
What part of speech is inoffensively?
Inoffensively is an adverb.

Words near inoffensively in the dictionary

  1. inodorous
  2. inodorously
  3. inodorousness
  4. inoffending
  5. inoffensive
  6. inoffensively
  7. inoffensiveness
  8. inofficial
  9. inofficially
  10. inofficiosity
  11. inofficious

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