adv
Meaning 1
In an innocent manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: guiltlessly, irreprehensibly
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
innocently
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
/ˈɪnəsəntli/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
CMU ARPABET: IH1 N AH0 S AH0 N T L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a naively innocent manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she smiled at him innocently
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
in a not unlawful manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he claimed to have purchased the contraband innocently
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English innocent Middle English -ly English -ly English innocently From innocent + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: innocentment — in an innocent manner
- Esperanto: senkulpe — in an innocent manner
- Esperanto: senpeke — in an innocent manner
- Finnish: viattomasti — in an innocent manner
- Finnish: syyttömästi — in an innocent manner
- French: innocemment — in an innocent manner
- Greek: αθώα (athóa) — in an innocent manner
- Italian: innocentemente — in an innocent manner
- Polish: niewinnie — in an innocent manner
- Portuguese: inocentemente — in an innocent manner
- Spanish: inocentemente — in an innocent manner