innocuously
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5.5
- adverb
- /ɪˈnɑːkjuəsli/
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inocuamente
- For all the years Carousel Luncheonette squatted innocuously at 182 Nassau Street, it seemed content to simply enjoy the patronage of people who already knew it was there, lovingly serving a small population of dedicated visitors every day.
- start innocuously
- begin innocuously
- innocuously named
Examples
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To those not paying close attention to Southeast Asia or international capital flows, the crisis began almost innocuously when Thailand's government announced on 2 July 1997 that it could no longer support the value of the Thai baht that had been pegged to the U.S. dollar.
Academic text (2002) -
The children played innocuously in the garden, unaware of any danger nearby.
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And he starts kind of acting innocuously or at least without bad intentions, kind of like a boyfriend.
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It started innocuously with a partner asking where a file was.
Blog text (24) -
The Bloomingdale's bag sat innocuously at her feet.
Fiction book (1999) -
The only crime these people commit is innocuously walking into an area a dog perceives to be its territory.
Blog text (6) -
Of the many things wrong with the debates, the first, rather innocuously, was Romney's grammar.
Blog text (11) -
The Wii U could add something just as innocuously fun using the GamePad.
Blog text (14) -
"Where are you going?" he says innocuously, although he has body-checked me as I'm about to step off the pavement.
Blog text (30) -
The Comintern, in truth, continued to function as innocuously titled bureaus of the Soviet Communist Party.
Academic text (1999)
Synonyms
473
1.0
In a way that does not cause harm
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2.6
In a way that shows no guilt or knowledge of something wrong
8
2.3
In a way that does not hurt people or things
3
5.8
In a kind and gentle way that does no harm
2
6.5
In a way that does not attract attention or cause trouble
2
6.0
In a way that puts people at ease
In a way that does not seem dangerous
In a calm way that does not scare people
In a way that does not upset or hurt people
In a calm way that does not make people worried or upset
Antonyms
How Harmless
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Innocuously comes from in- 'not' plus nocuous, from the old word nocere 'to harm', and the same root appears in innocent. So innocuously means doing something 'in a harmless way' and not causing harm, trouble, or danger.