Synonyms for inoffensively

Grammar : Adv

Spell : in-uh-fen-siv

Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn əˈfɛn sɪv

Définition of inoffensively

Origin : 1590s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + offensive. Related: Inoffensively; inoffensiveness.

As in innocuously : adv harmlessly
As in peacefully : adv without making trouble

Example sentences :

They were commonly in couples, very affectionate and inoffensively young.
Extract from : « Seven English Cities » by William Dean Howells

She was dressed suitably and inoffensively in brown holland.
Extract from : « The Return of the Prodigal » by May Sinclair

If they are brought in at all, they must be brought in, like moral sentiments, inoffensively by the way.
Extract from : « The Art of Letters » by Robert Lynd

"We have no servants, in the American sense," I answered, as inoffensively as I could.
Extract from : « Through the Eye of the Needle » by William Dean Howells

I see blank well-ordered streets and men in black moving about inoffensively, sullenly.
Extract from : « The Napoleon of Notting Hill » by Gilbert K. Chesterton

To carry out this as inoffensively as possible, Nicholson took the jolly-boat, manned by four lads only.
Extract from : « Tracks of a Rolling Stone » by Henry J. Coke

As they conducted themselves so inoffensively, we gave them everything we had to spare.
Extract from : « Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, Complete » by Charles Sturt

It was as soft and warm as an unspoken promise, and it flipped back skirt hems and twisted hair tendrils most inoffensively.
Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms

At last courage came, and he inoffensively pushed the cigarettes towards his friend.
Extract from : « The Journal of a Disappointed Man » by Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion

He sniffs at all sorts of innocently happy people who are inoffensively pursuing their noisy course through life.
Extract from : « Nonsenseorship » by G. G. Putnam and Others

Antonyms for inoffensively

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