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English
Etymology
From intransitive + -ly.
Adverb
intransitively
- (grammar) In an intransitive manner; without an object following.
The verb 'die' is used intransitively.
Translations
in an intransitive manner
References
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “intransitively”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- “intransitively”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.