Inhibitively

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    So as to inhibit.

    "During college Gross had shed some of her innate reserve, but ‘‘I still was just inhibitively shy,’’ she said."

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"During college Gross had shed some of her innate reserve, but ‘‘I still was just inhibitively shy,’’ she said."

Etymology

From inhibitive + -ly.

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