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supinely

supinely adverb: in a supine way, with the head facing up.

Adverb

supinely (comparative more supinely, superlative most supinely)

  1. in a supine way, with the head facing up
    • Giddy and intoxicated as I was with such satiating draughts of pleasure, I still lay on the couch, supinely stretched out, in a delicious languor diffus'd over all my limbs1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC
    • “In the jungle one would scarcely stand supinely aside while another took his mate. It is a silly world, an idiotic world, and Tarzan of the Apes was a fool to renounce the freedom and the happiness of his jungle to come into it.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 17

Forms of supinely

comparativemore supinely
superlativemost supinely

Origin of supinely

From supine + -ly.

Questions about supinely

What does supinely mean?
Supinely means in a supine way, with the head facing up.
What part of speech is supinely?
Supinely is an adverb.

Words near supinely in the dictionary

  1. supinators
  2. supinatory
  3. supine
  4. supine hypotensive syndrome
  5. supine tense
  6. supinely
  7. supineness
  8. supinenesses
  9. supines
  10. SUPing
  11. suping up

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