Neutrally

Neu·tral  (ntrl, ny-)

n. pl. Neutral or Neu·trals

1. A confederacy of Iroquoian-speaking Native American peoples formerly inhabiting the northern shore of Lake Erie. The Neutral were destroyed by the Iroquois in the mid-17th century.

2. A member of this people.

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neu·tral  (ntrl, ny-)

adj.

1. Not aligned with, supporting, or favoring either side in a war, dispute, or contest.

2. Belonging to neither side in a controversy: on neutral ground.

3. Belonging to neither kind; not one thing or the other.

4. Sexless; neuter.

5. Chemistry

a. Of or relating to a solution or compound that is neither acidic nor alkaline.

b. Of or relating to a compound that does not ionize in solution.

6. Physics

a. Of or relating to a particle, an object, or a system that has neither positive nor negative electric charge.

b. Of or relating to a particle, object, or system that has a net electric charge of zero.

7. Of or indicating a color, such as gray, black, or white, that lacks hue; achromatic.

8. Linguistics Pronounced with the tongue in a middle position, neither high nor low, as the a in around.

n.

1.

a. A nation nonaligned with either side in a war.

b. A citizen of such a nation.

2. One who takes no side in a controversy: "I am by disposition one of life's neutrals, a human Switzerland" (John Gregory Dunne).

3. A neutral hue.

4. A position in which a set of gears is disengaged so that power cannot be transmitted.

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[Middle English neuteral, from Old French neutral, from Latin neutrlis, grammatically neuter, from neuter, neutr-; see neuter.]

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neutral·ly adv.