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neutrally

neutrally

2 3.6
Without showing strong feeling or taking sides
  • adverb
  • /ˈnjuːtrəli/
translation icon : neutro
  • The committee reviewed the proposal neutrally, ensuring that all opinions were considered without bias.
  • presenting the issue neutrally
  • neutrally or positively

No, I think I think they should just have people who care about questioning them neutrally.

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Examples

  • Individuals feel freer as long as justice applications are applied neutrally and equally.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Twenty-eight men (58%) described that as a child they perceived the experience positively or neutrally.

    Academic text (2004)
  • The world, even taken neutrally, has a natural end, and the Church has a supernatural one.

    Blog text (15)
  • So I asked some friends, completely neutrally, if they had noticed excessive use of the word "bitch."

    Blog text (6)
  • The woman had delivered the information so neutrally, as if it were just another oddity of a foreign land.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "Yair, OK, sure, if you want me to," said Mike neutrally.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Ran was relieved to find that they only glanced neutrally at him.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • And when you can react to them neutrally, what that communicates to your kid is I'm safe to talk to you about these things.

  • So far, I've done my best to present originalism as neutrally as I can, and to give it a fair go.

  • She spoke to him about the situation neutrally, focusing on the facts instead of her feelings.

Synonyms

fairly
vsneutrally
100 1.0

In an honest way that treats everyone the same

means not taking sides rather than general honesty
objectively
vsneutrally
61 4.5

To consider facts without personal feelings or opinions

is about avoiding side-taking rather than only fact focus
impartially
vsneutrally
6 4.8

In a fair way without personal feelings or interests

concerns not choosing sides rather than the absence of motives
dispassionately
vsneutrally
  • Formal
5 6.7

In a calm, fair way without strong feeling or bias

focuses on not taking sides rather than only emotion
evenhandedly
vsneutrally
1 6.3

In a fair way that treats all sides the same

focuses on not taking a side rather than equal treatment
unbiasedly
vsneutrally
1 5.2

Act in a fair way without personal feelings or unfair views

aims at not choosing sides rather than only lacking prejudice
disinterestedly
vsneutrally
1 7.5

In a fair way without taking sides

focuses on not taking a side rather than motive absence

Antonyms

363 6.7

Showing strong support for one side and not being fair

91 4.0

Showing unfair favor to one person, group, or side

How Neutral

objectively
61 4.5
impartially
6 4.8
neutrally
2 3.6
favorably
  • US
36 2.3

Surface Forms

neutrally positive

Morphology

neutrally = neutral (transparent) = neutral + ly

Standard adverbial formation from the adjective 'neutral'; the meaning 'in a way that does not show bias' is directly derived.

Etymology

Neutrally comes from a root like neuter that meant 'neither of the two' and is related to the word neither. So to act neutrally is to not take sides or show a strong opinion.