Dormantly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    While dormant. not-comparable

    "The unfinished argument which had been smouldering dormantly like some quiescent volcano since Lockyer's day — suddenly boiled over in print. Hawkins' article in Nature kindled response from all quarters."

Synonyms

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coldlyheavily

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"The unfinished argument which had been smouldering dormantly like some quiescent volcano since Lockyer's day — suddenly boiled over in print. Hawkins' article in Nature kindled response from all quarters."

Etymology

From dormant + -ly.

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