inactivelyadv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ɪnˈaktᵻvli/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈæktəvli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: inactive adj., -ly suffix².

Etymology: < inactive adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier unactively adv. Johnson Dict. (1755) quotes J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §125 ‘whether he inactively loiters it away’, a reading found only in some posthumous editions (e.g. Wks. (1777) (ed. 8) IV.); the reading in the edition of 1695 and most subsequent editions is unactively (the passage is absent from the earliest editions).

In an inactive manner; inertly, sluggishly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > [adverb]

unactively1611

passively1643

inactively1732

quiescently1739

inertly1742

slumberously1816

torpidly1820

stagnantly1847

pathically1932

1732 Country Jrnl. or Craftsman 17 June It is inglorious for a Man of Arms to end his Days inactively, and linger away on a Sopha.

1787 London Chron. 23 June 606/2 Was he actively or inactively employed in preparing the only Magistrate for the Tower Royalty?

1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. ii. 47 This pope was not inactively occupied in the great cause of subduing the Protestant heresy.

1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. xliii. 51 The Continental Congress..waited inactively for his appeals.

1935 Georgia Hist. Q. 19 33 While Wheeler was on his raid the two armies near Chattanooga were inactively facing each other.

1966 O. Helmer Social Technol. i. 32 We have to ask ourselves..what form our society would be likely to assume if we were to sit by inactively.

2012 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 19 May a6/1 Embarrassed at not being able to contribute, being inactively self-employed, I pretended to be unaware of what had transpired.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	inactively
释义	inactivelyadv. Brit. /(ˌ)ɪnˈaktᵻvli/, U.S. /ᵻnˈæktəvli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: inactive adj., -ly suffix². Etymology: < inactive adj. + -ly suffix². Compare earlier unactively adv. Johnson Dict. (1755) quotes J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §125 ‘whether he inactively loiters it away’, a reading found only in some posthumous editions (e.g. Wks. (1777) (ed. 8) IV.); the reading in the edition of 1695 and most subsequent editions is unactively (the passage is absent from the earliest editions). In an inactive manner; inertly, sluggishly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > [adverb] unactively1611 passively1643 inactively1732 quiescently1739 inertly1742 slumberously1816 torpidly1820 stagnantly1847 pathically1932 1732 Country Jrnl. or Craftsman 17 June It is inglorious for a Man of Arms to end his Days inactively, and linger away on a Sopha. 1787 London Chron. 23 June 606/2 Was he actively or inactively employed in preparing the only Magistrate for the Tower Royalty? 1839 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe III. ii. 47 This pope was not inactively occupied in the great cause of subduing the Protestant heresy. 1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. xliii. 51 The Continental Congress..waited inactively for his appeals. 1935 Georgia Hist. Q. 19 33 While Wheeler was on his raid the two armies near Chattanooga were inactively facing each other. 1966 O. Helmer Social Technol. i. 32 We have to ask ourselves..what form our society would be likely to assume if we were to sit by inactively. 2012 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 19 May a6/1 Embarrassed at not being able to contribute, being inactively self-employed, I pretended to be unaware of what had transpired. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1732
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