innocuously
Example Sentences
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It refers innocuously to “unity,” “social harmony” and a “shared destiny.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
He sneaked in “I’m not a good person” so innocuously that the old me would have overlooked it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
The December day in 2021 that set off a revolution across the videogame industry appeared to start innocuously enough.
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
The panel said while individually the messages "appear to start innocuously" by December 2017 the "tone and content" had taken an "intense and personal turn" and had become "disturbing in nature".
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2023
Then the lechuzas, all thirteen of them, vanished into thin air, leaving only downy feathers floating innocuously in the rays of the morning sun.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
