inanimately

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inanimately
Adverb
  • Albeit tardily, it has been punished.
    The Economist, The Economist, 20 June 2020
  • While Chanel, which last season shut out guests who arrived a couple of minutes late, started its show — gasp — tardily.
    THOMAS ADAMSON, ajc, 7 Mar. 2023
Adverb
  • But Laika hasn’t been sitting idly in the six years that have passed.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
  • The Justice Department will not sit idly by when States mount attacks on the free exercise of religion.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
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“Inanimately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inanimately. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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