The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inoffensive \In"of*fen"sive\, a. [Pref. in- not + offensiue: cf. F. inoffensif.]
Giving no offense, or provocation; causing no uneasiness, annoyance, or disturbance; as, an inoffensive man, answer, appearance.
Harmless; doing no injury or mischief.
--Dryden.-
Not obstructing; presenting no interruption or hindrance. [R.]
--Milton.So have I seen a river gently glide In a smooth course, and inoffensive tide.
--Addison. -- In"of*fen"sive*ly, adv. -- In"of*fen"sive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In an inoffensive manner.
WordNet
adv. in a not unpleasantly offensive manner; "that wretched beast, the elephant, breathing inoffensively not a pace behind me" [ant: offensively]
Usage examples of "inoffensively".
Water leaked inoffensively around the snapless gaps and trickled amiably down the doorframe.
They proceeded downward into the garden from the lofty and balustered terrace, Questioner leading the way without at all seeming to do so, while Ellin and Bao chatted inoffensively and commented effusively.