dormantly

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English

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Etymology

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From dormant +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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dormantly (not comparable)

  1. While dormant.
    • 2013, Peter Lancaster Brown, Megaliths, Myths and Men: An Introduction to Astro-Archaeology, page 111:
      The unfinished argument which had been smouldering dormantly like some quiescent volcano since Lockyer's day — suddenly boiled over in print. Hawkins' article in Nature kindled response from all quarters.

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