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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dormantly en · ADV

Etymology

From dormant + -ly.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) While dormant.
    • The unfinished argument which had been smouldering dormantly like some quiescent volcano since Lockyer's day — suddenly boiled over in print. Hawkins' article in Nature kindled response from all quarters. 2013, Peter Lancaster Brown, Megaliths, Myths and Men: An Introduction to Astro-Archaeology, page 111: