innocuously

advharmlessly

Synonyms for innocuously

adv harmlessly

innocently
inoffensively
kindly
politely
without harm

Word Origin & History

1590s, from Latin innocuus "harmless," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + nocuus "hurtful," from root of nocere "to injure, harm," from *nok-s-, suffixed form of PIE root *nek- "death" (see necro-). Related: Innocuously; innocuousness.

Example Sentences for innocuously

Pistols might have been innocuously discharged for all that was known to the contrary.

Therefore I take it away as innocuously as possible, and touch his soft pompadour, in passing, with a reverent hand.

It could start as innocuously as a businessman planning a more effective advertising campaign.

At that advanced time of life, too, a few occasional irregularities in the field may be innocuously permitted.

Where you find sin, go ahead and denounce it mercilessly; but do it crisply, cuttingly, not dully and innocuously.