Innocently

//ˈɪnəsəntli// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an innocent manner.

    "[M]en lyued ſimplye and innocentlye without inforcement of lawes, without quarellinge Judges and libelles, contente onely to ſatiſfie nature, without further vexation for knowledge of thinges to come."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a naively innocent manner wordnet
  2. 2
    in a not unlawful manner wordnet

Synonyms

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guiltlesslyirreprehensiblyblamelesslycleanlypurelysimply

Example

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"Mary batted her eyelashes innocently."

Etymology

From innocent + -ly.

Related phrases

innocently divorcedpseudo-innocently

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