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Intransitively

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Adverb

1. intransitively

in an intransitive manner

Example Sentences:
'you can use the verb drink' intransitively, without a direct object'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Intransitively

see synonyms of intransitively
adjective
1. 
a. 
denoting a verb when it does not require a direct object
b. 
denoting a verb that customarily does not require a direct object
"to faint" is an intransitive verb
c. (as noun)
a verb in either of these categories
2. 
denoting an adjective or noun that does not require any particular noun phrase as a referent
3. logic, mathematics
(of a relation) having the property that if it holds between one argument and a second, and between the second and a third, it must fail to hold between the first and the third
"being the mother of" is an intransitive relation

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Intransitively

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adjective
1. 
not transitive
2.  Grammar
designating a verb that does not require a direct object
noun
3. 
an intransitive verb

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Intransitively

see synonyms of intransitively
adj. Abbr. intr. or int. or i.
Designating a verb or verb construction that does not require or cannot take a direct object, as snow or sleep.
n.
An intransitive verb.

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