inactively

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The committee recommended expanding the program to “all but the most inactively traded” stocks, ETFs and related derivatives.

From BusinessWeek • Feb. 19, 2011

We're not abandoning the shuttle, but we're not going to wait inactively either.

From Time Magazine Archive

Nabonidus became a mere vassal of Cyrus, and lived more or less inactively in his palace at Tima, leaving the direction of power at Babylon in the hands of his son, Bel-sharuzu.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

Buol, upon this, yielded and remained, but, during the fearful battle that ensued, remained in the post-house on the Brenner, inactively watching the conflict, which terminated in the triumph of the peasantry.

From Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 by Horrocks, Mrs. George

The result was, that when the cavalry had discharged their carbines, and were still far off, we occasionally stood face to face, looking at each other inactively, not knowing what the next move might be.

From Reminiscences of Captain Gronow by Gronow, R. H. (Rees Howell)