Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a stagnant or still, motionless, inactive manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a stagnant manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
stagnant manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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My hopes were quickly dashed, though, as the play's first act played out stagnantly.
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My hopes were quickly dashed, though, as the play's first act played out stagnantly.
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I've reconnected with people from the past, spent "bonus" time with family, and established myself in an environment that has, personally, been stagnantly unprogressive since my arrival in my "adult" years.
D-Day ElonGradBlogger 2009
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I've reconnected with people from the past, spent "bonus" time with family, and established myself in an environment that has, personally, been stagnantly unprogressive since my arrival in my "adult" years.
Archive 2009-09-01 ElonGradBlogger 2009
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If the second book took place in the same world but dealt with a different hero/heroine, with March and Jax hanging around in the background being stagnantly blissful, it would be an SFR.
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Through the breathless noon in the valleys of Kerak the prisoned air had brooded stagnantly without relief, while the heat sucked the perfume from the flowers.
Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003
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Garbage confettied the ground, and potholes full of waste water glistened stagnantly.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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Garbage confettied the ground, and potholes full of waste water glistened stagnantly.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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Garbage confettied the ground, and potholes full of waste water glistened stagnantly.
Over the Edge Jonathan Kellerman 1987
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A heavy weight of dusty grey cloud lay oppressively inert, vaguely resting on the house and tree tops, and underneath the cloud the air seemed stagnantly confined; in its lowest strata people had been breathing it all day -- all the week, in fact -- in and out of their lungs, so that it was no wonder it felt tired and second-hand and used up.
Impressions of a War Correspondent George Lynch
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