inoffensively

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   in a not unpleasantly offensive manner

   “that wretched beast, the elephant, breathing inoffensively not a pace behind me”

   Antonymsoffensively

Questions about inoffensively

What does inoffensively mean?

inoffensively means "in a not unpleasantly offensive manner".

How many syllables are in inoffensively?

inoffensively has 6 syllables and divides as i-nof-fen-si-ve-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of inoffensively?

The recorded antonyms are offensively.

Is inoffensively a common word?

inoffensively is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.