intransitive
adjective
noting or having the quality of an intransitive verb.
intransitively
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a word derived from
intransitive.
Example Sentences
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Though travel often features in his non-fiction and the three novels Raban has so far written, he most often uses the verb intransitively, with no obvious destination in mind.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 30, 2016
That the main verb, "reminds," is used intransitively compounds the feeling of dislocation.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 25, 2010
The transitive verb stow means to put in a place: here it is used intransitively.
From England's Antiphon by George MacDonald
The forms in ai are also used intransitively: tege to fall, tegelai lost, oli to turn, olitai converted.
From Grammar and Vocabulary of the Lau Language, Solomon Islands by W. G. (Walter George) Ivens
They obey him and remain neuter, or at least act intransitively, and produce no effects.
From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch
