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Definition of Inertly
1. adv. Without activity; sluggishly.
Definition of Inertly
1. Adverb. In an inert manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inertly
1. inactively [adv] - See also: inactively
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inertly
Literary usage of Inertly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1878)
"On the contrary, all other parts of the central Republic either continued inertly
submissive, or were zealous in seconding the usurper's plans to crush the ..."
2. A Short History of Anglo-Saxon Freedom: The Polity of the English-speaking by James Kendall Hosmer (1890)
"The indifferent, who had lent no helping hand to the patriots, must have been a
multitude much larger; these remained behind, inertly submitting to the new ..."
3. Sermons by Henry Melvill, Charles Pettit McIlvaine (1853)
"The whole might be reposing inertly in the solitudes of the memory, ready indeed
to be summoned forth when its possessor is called into some arena of ..."
4. The Sanitarian by Medico-Legal Society of New York (1900)
"When things have gone too far in one direction there is an effort made to strike
a balance; they are not left inertly to the effects of reaction. ..."
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