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In an inactive manner. Locke.

The state or quality of being inactive; inertness; as, the inactivity of matter.

A variety of sugar, found in certain plants. It is optically inactive.

To put in action. [Obs.]

Operation. [Obs.]

Not compelled; unconstrained. [Obs.] Coles.

Not compact; not having the parts firmly united; not solid; incoherent; loose; discrete. Boyle.

Uncontracted. [Obs.] Blackwall.

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

Inexactness; uncertainty; as, geographical inexactitude.

In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.

Incorrectness; want of exactness.

Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole. [Obs.] Chapman.

Capable of being broken.[R.]

The act of infracting or breaking; breach; violation; nonobservance; infringement; as, an infraction of a treaty, compact, rule, or law. I. Watts.

One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.

Dissatisfaction. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

or entire. Buckle. When all external differences have passed away, one element remains intact, unchanged, -- the everlasting basis of our common nature, the human soul. F. W. Robertson.

Not perceptible to the touch.

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time. Chesterfield.