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supinely

adv

Etymology

From supine + -ly.

  1. derived from supīnum
  2. derived from supin
  3. inherited from supin
  4. borrowed from supīnus
  5. suffixed as supinely — “supine + ly”

Definitions

  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 limbs
    • “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.”

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