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lamely

adv
/ˈleɪmli/

Etymology

From lame + -ly.

  1. derived from *h₃lemH-✻ — “to tire; to break”
  2. inherited from *lamaz✻ — “lame”
  3. inherited from *lam✻
  4. inherited from lama — “lame”
  5. inherited from lame
  6. formed as lamely — “lame + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In the manner of one who is lame.

  2. In a foolish or ineffective way.

    • He lamely tried to lie his way out of the situation, but he wasn't really trying and no-one believed him.
    • "I quite admire cats," he said. "There is something about them," he added, "which..." He could not find the words. "Which is quite admirable," he ended lamely.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at lamely. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at lamely. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at lamely

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA