Antonyms for inoffensively


Grammar : Adv
Spell : in-uh-fen-siv
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn əˈfɛn sɪv


Definition 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

Synonyms for inoffensively

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