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unactively

unactively adverb: synonym of inactively.

Adverb

unactively (comparative more unactively, superlative most unactively)

  1. 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

Synonyms of unactively

Forms of unactively

comparativemore unactively
superlativemost unactively

Origin of unactively

From unactive + -ly.

Questions about unactively

What does unactively mean?
Unactively means synonym of inactively.
What part of speech is unactively?
Unactively is an adverb.

Words near unactively in the dictionary

  1. unactionable
  2. unactioned
  3. unactivatable
  4. unactivated
  5. unactive
  6. unactively
  7. unactiveness
  8. unactivity
  9. unactorish
  10. unactorlike
  11. unacts

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