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latently
adverb
uk /ˈleɪ.tənt.li/ us /ˈleɪ.tənt.li/
in a way that is present but needs particular conditions to become active, obvious, or completely developed:
The virus resides latently in B cells in most adult animals.
The narrator is a jaded yet latently romantic middle-aged observer.
It is not easy to find latently creative people who will blossom in middle age.
This prejudice is not necessarily vocalized, but is instead latently expressed by the media and popular culture.
Ultimately we're going to have to develop specific strategies aimed at targeting these latently infected cells.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Potential
accident
an accident waiting to happenidiom
auspicious
auspiciously
be an actor, cook, etc. in the makingidiom
commanding
embryo
fertile
latent
making
not be beyond the wit of man/someoneidiom
potential
potentiality
prospect
prospective
realizable
retrievable
room
room for improvementidiom
sleeper
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