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English

Etymology

inadvertent +? -ly

Adverb

inadvertently (not comparable)

1. Unintentionally; because of an oversight.
   • 2013, Chris Bevan, "Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal", BBC Sport, 6 November 2013:

     Neven Subotic hooked a volley wide after Ramsey inadvertently headed a Reus free-kick back into the danger zone, and Blaszczykowski was also off target when he met Kevin Grosskreutz's cross.

Antonyms

• advertently
• advert

Related terms

• inadvertent
• inadvert

Translations

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of advertisement

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ædv??(?)t/

Noun

advert (plural adverts)

1. (Britain, informal) An advertisement, an ad.

Translations

Etymology 2

Middle English adverten, from Old French advertir (“to notice”), from Latin advertere (“to turn toward”). See also adverse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v??(?)t/

Verb

advert (third-person singular simple present adverts, present participle adverting, simple past and past participle adverted)

1. (intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to). [from 15th c.]
   • 2007 September 9, the Vatican (trans.), Pope Benedict XVI (speaker), speaking in German at St. Stephen's Cathedral, Austria:

     At a time when creation seems to be endangered in so many ways through human activity, we should consciously advert to this dimension of Sunday, too.

2. (obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something). [15th–19th c.]
3. (intransitive) To call attention, refer (to). [from 18th c.]
   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Mystery of Marie Rogêt’:

     ‘I have before suggested that a genuine blackguard is never without a pocket-handkerchief. But it is not to this fact that I now especially advert.’

Synonyms

• refer

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Anagrams

• varted