inertly
1
6.7
- adverb
- /ɪˈnɜrtli/
:
inertemente
- Somewhere in the midst of these months tumbling inertly into much longer stretches, he picked up the other most economically important commodity of his neighborhood, the name of which is such bad luck that it's scary to pronounce it here.
- sits inertly
Examples
-
Bela sits inertly in the back of an open car.
Fiction book (1994) -
Turning to the husband sprawled inertly in his chair, the judge asked.
Fiction book (1996) -
While reading Gabriel's symbolic vision, the reader is aware of Gabriel, in reality, inertly lying in bed next to Gretta.
Academic text (1991) -
We see Tommy inertly drop to the ground in a heap. Henry (V.O.)
Fiction book (1990) -
Then his two shriveled hands fell together, and from his sharp fingernails, pointing inertly towards the ground, dripped ten tears of perspiration.
Academic text (2007) -
It now sits inertly on my desk, its offensively rounded back and lack of front-mounted camera making it seem like an ancient relic from a bygone era.
Blog text (33) -
He sat inertly on the couch, too tired to engage in the lively conversation around him.
-
The cat lay inertly in the sun, showing no sign of wanting to move or play.
-
After the long meeting, she stared inertly at her notes, unable to focus on anything else.
Synonyms
18
3.7
In a way that accepts something without trying to change it
1
4.0
Without moving at all
1
6.0
In a way that is firmly fixed and cannot change where it is
In a way that shows little activity or movement
In a way that does not move or change
Antonyms
How Passive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inertly comes from Latin parts in- 'not' and ars 'skill', so it originally meant 'not active'. It is related to inertia, the idea of staying still unless pushed, so to do something inertly is to move or react with very little energy.