Inactively — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

Related Entry: Inactive (adjective)

Inactive is a different word from Inactively. The synonyms below are for inactive, not for inactively.

1. slow to move or act

   "it's easiest to catch snakes early in the morning, while they're still cold and inactive"

   similar: dull, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sleepy, sluggish, torpid
   related: ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly, dormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, still, dead, dopey, drugged, asleep, drowsy, somnambulant, catatonic, comatose
   opposite: active
   near: busy, engaged, occupied, working, animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy, assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous

2. not being in a state of use, activity, or employment

   "an inactive oil well"

   similar: dead, dormant, fallow, free, idle, inert, inoperative, latent, off, unused, vacant, at rest, on the shelf, out of commission
   related: abeyant, arrested, interrupted, suspended, unoccupied, asleep, comatose, lifeless, moribund, quiescent, sleepy, inoperable, unusable, unworkable, useless, dull, slow
   opposite: active, alive, busy, employed, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operative, running, working
   near: functional, operable, operational, workable, assiduous, industrious, sedulous, energetic, vigorous, feasible, practical, usable, useful, viable