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Intransitively

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in·tran·si·tive  (n-trns-tv, -z-)
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.
in·transi·tive·ly adv.
in·transi·tive·ness, in·transi·tivi·ty n.
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Adv.1.intransitively - in an intransitive manner; "you can use the verb `drink' intransitively, without a direct object"
transitively - in a transitive manner; "you can use the verb `eat' transitively or intransitively"
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