Indefinitely vs. Indefinite — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Indefinitely and Indefinite
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Definitions
Indefinitely
For an unlimited or unspecified period of time
Talks cannot go on indefinitely
Indefinite
Lasting for an unknown or unstated length of time
They may face indefinite detention
Indefinitely
Unclear; vague.
Indefinite
Not clearly expressed or defined; vague
An indefinite number of generations
Indefinitely
Lacking precise limits
An indefinite leave of absence.
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Indefinite
Unclear; vague.
Indefinitely
Uncertain; undecided
Indefinite about their plans.
Indefinite
Lacking precise limits
An indefinite leave of absence.
Indefinitely
In a manner that is not definite.
An indefinitely determined fossil
Indefinite
Uncertain; undecided
Indefinite about their plans.
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Indefinitely
For a long time, with no defined end.
Indefinite
Without limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
Indefinitely
Forever.
Indefinite
Vague or unclear.
She gave an indefinite answer which nobody really understood.
Indefinitely
In an indefinite manner or degree; without any settled limitation; vaguely; not with certainty or exactness; as, to use a word indefinitely.
If the world be indefinitely extended, that is, so far as no human intellect can fancy any bound of it.
Indefinite
Undecided or uncertain.
I'm still indefinite about what I'm going to study at college.
Indefinitely
To an indefinite extent; for an indefinite time;
This could go on indefinitely
Indefinite
(mathematics) Being an integral without specified limits.
Indefinite
(linguistics) Designating an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things
The indefinite article
Indefinite
(grammar) A word or phrase that designates an unspecified or unidentified person or thing or group of persons or things.
Indefinite
Not definite; not limited, defined, or specified; not explicit; not determined or fixed upon; not precise; uncertain; vague; confused; obscure; as, an indefinite time, plan, etc.
It were to be wished that . . . men would leave off that indefinite way of vouching, "the chymists say this," or "the chymists affirm that."
The time of this last is left indefinite.
Indefinite
Having no determined or certain limits; large and unmeasured, though not infinite; unlimited; as, indefinite space; the indefinite extension of a straight line.
Though it is not infinite, it may be indefinite; though it is not boundless in itself, it may be so to human comprehension.
Indefinite
Boundless; infinite.
Indefinite and omnipresent God,Inhabiting eternity.
Indefinite
Too numerous or variable to make a particular enumeration important; - said of the parts of a flower, and the like. Also, indeterminate.
Indefinite
Vague or not clearly defined or stated;
Must you be so indefinite?
Amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges
He would not answer so indefinite a proposal
Indefinite
Not decided or not known;
Were indefinite about their plans
Plans are indefinite
