inoffensivelyadv.
/ɪnəˈfɛnsɪvli/ In an inoffensive manner; so as not to give offence; without offence; harmlessly.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adverb] > harmlessly
harmlessly1561
wronglesslya1586
inoffensively1598
innoxiously1646
innocuously1650
unafflictinglya1711
unhurtfully1725
uninjuriously1881
unharmfully1888
1598 Bp. J. Hall Virgidemiarum: 3 Last Bks. Postscr. 103 Tho were shee [sc. Poetry] a more vnworthie Mistresse, I thinke she might be inoffensiuely serued with the broken Messes of our twelue-a-clocke houres.
1646 P. Bulkley Gospel-covenant i. 111 To walk more exactly and inoffensively, considering we have our way so plain before us.
1788 W. Eden in G. Rose Diaries (1860) I. 76 Ambassadors..who have gone through the same career inoffensively and inefficiently.
1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 130 She took up her violin which reposed inoffensively in a snug corner.
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