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namby

adj

Definitions

  1. Clipping of namby-pamby.

    • “I don’t like her,” said someone with an original point of view, “I think she’s namby.” […] “Aren’t there any girls’ school stories in the library?” “Yes, there are, but no one likes them, they’re too namby.[…]”
    • Big mistake: I make many medium-sized mistakes but am far too namby and cautious to make a really big one.

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