otioselyadv.
/ˈəʊtɪəʊsli/, /ˈəʊʃɪəʊsli/, /ˈəʊtɪəʊzli/, /ˈəʊʃɪəʊzli/, U.S. /ˈoʊdiˌoʊzli/, /ˈoʊʃiˌoʊzli/, /ˈoʊdiˌoʊsli/, /ˈoʊʃiˌoʊsli/ In an otiose manner; idly; redundantly; without any practical end.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [adverb]
idly1487
toomlyc1540
inertiously1611
otiosely1886
1886 J. R. Lowell Progr. World in Latest Lit. Ess. (1891) 178 As has been somewhat otiosely discussed.
1896 J. Hammond Church or Chapel? 187 An article of faith..held, not otiosely, but after it has been threshed out again and again.
1922 Mind 31 145 Here..is a heroic Hegelian..not only continuing, otiosely and sans meaning..but actually repudiating the absolute truth revealed to Hegel.
1979 C. Raine Haydn & Valve Trumpet (1990) 303 Hill also added, somewhat otiosely in my view, the warning that [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1886