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harmlessly

  • a word derived from harmless.
    harmless
    adjective
    without the power or desire to do harm; innocuous.

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Although ESBL- and CRE-producing bacteria often live harmlessly in the human gut, they can cause severe illness if they enter the urinary tract or bloodstream.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026

If warmer oceans energize storms, couldn’t they also influence other meteorological phenomena that diverted this year’s hurricanes harmlessly out to sea?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 3, 2025

Scientists used AI to create antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA, a type of bacteria that lives harmlessly on the skin but can cause a serious infection if it enters the body.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025

Then the wind shifted slightly, and the dense gray smoke that had been billowing harmlessly up the slope turned and engulfed me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025

Hannibal barreled into the fort, arrows and rocks bouncing harmlessly off his Kevlar armor.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan