Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; as a neutral.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In a neutral manner; evenhandedly or fairly.

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Examples

  • If straight men's promiscuity (I'm trying to use the term neutrally here; I'm not claiming any moral problem with it) with straight women doesn't cause excessive trouble - of course, for the sort of noncombat units in which men and women are likely to be present together - then it's hard to see how lesbian/bisexual women's comparable level of promiscuity with men and women would cause excessive trouble.

    Libertarian Blog Place 2010

  • If straight men's promiscuity (I'm trying to use the term neutrally here; I'm not claiming any moral problem with it) with straight women doesn't cause excessive trouble - of course, for the sort of noncombat units in which men and women are likely to be present together - then it's hard to see how lesbian/bisexual women's comparable level of promiscuity with men and women would cause excessive trouble.

    Libertarian Blog Place 2010

  • If straight men's promiscuity (I'm trying to use the term neutrally here; I'm not claiming any moral problem with it) with straight women doesn't cause excessive trouble - of course, for the sort of noncombat units in which men and women are likely to be present together - then it's hard to see how lesbian/bisexual women's comparable level of promiscuity with men and women would cause excessive trouble.

    Libertarian Blog Place Various Libertarian Bloggers 2010

  • If straight men's promiscuity (I'm trying to use the term neutrally here; I'm not claiming any moral problem with it) with straight women doesn't cause excessive trouble - of course, for the sort of noncombat units in which men and women are likely to be present together - then it's hard to see how lesbian/bisexual women's comparable level of promiscuity with men and women would cause excessive trouble.

    Libertarian Blog Place Various Libertarian Bloggers 2010

  • If straight men's promiscuity (I'm trying to use the term neutrally here; I'm not claiming any moral problem with it) with straight women doesn't cause excessive trouble - of course, for the sort of noncombat units in which men and women are likely to be present together - then it's hard to see how lesbian/bisexual women's comparable level of promiscuity with men and women would cause excessive trouble.

    The Volokh Conspiracy 2010

  • If straight men's promiscuity (I'm trying to use the term neutrally here; I'm not claiming any moral problem with it) with straight women doesn't cause excessive trouble - of course, for the sort of noncombat units in which men and women are likely to be present together - then it's hard to see how lesbian/bisexual women's comparable level of promiscuity with men and women would cause excessive trouble.

    The Volokh Conspiracy Eugene Volokh 2010

  • The world, through an effective I use that term neutrally public relations campaign, most likely associates "Sudan" with "Darfur."

    Jake Townsend: Country: Know Thyself Jake Townsend 2011

  • It enables you as a young sommelier to look at labels neutrally because at this stage you tend to follow your preferences.

    Restaurant Girl 2010

  • There's a strong emotional component to Catholicism, and even what one might term an aesthetic element (as in Gerard Manley Hopkins) that isn't rational (using the word neutrally, not prescriptively).

    GetReligion 2009

  • Lots of folks have explained net neutrality better than I'll be able to, but suffice to say that if telecoms are allowed to pin premium pricing schemes to the delivery of services they currently treat "neutrally," black and Latino consumers -- who have gone from redlining victims to crap MVNO-target market -- will be among the first to get screwed.

    Gary Dauphin: ATT(5)-1=CBC(3)+CHC(1) 2008

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