Avertedly
to turn away or aside:
to avert one’s eyes.
to ward off; prevent:
to avert evil; to avert an accident.
historical examples
then, as he avertedly drew the letter from his bosom, he whispered to himself—out on thee, pierre!
pierre; or the ambiguities herman melville
verb (transitive)
to turn away or aside: to avert one’s gaze
to ward off; prevent from occurring: to avert danger
v.
c.1400, from old french avertir (12c.), “turn, direct; avert; make aware,” from vulgar latin -advertire, from latin avertere “to turn away, to drive away,” from ab- “from, away” (see ab-) + vertere “to turn” (see versus). related: averted; averting.
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