inertly, adv.
(ɪˈnɜːtlɪ)
[f. inert + -ly2.]
In an inert or inactive manner; inactively; idly.
| 1742 Pope Dunc. iv. 7 Ye Pow'rs!.. To whom Time bears me on his rapid wing, Suspend awhile your Force inertly strong, Then take at once the Poet and the Song. 1837 Whewell Hist. Induct. Sc. II. vi. i. §3 The more a heavy body recedes from the beginning, or approaches the end of violent motion, the slower and more inertly it goes. 1863 Mrs. H. Wood Verner's Pride I. xi. 114 Her small white hands rested inertly upon her pink dress. |