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LAMELY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lamely mean?
• LAMELY (adverb)
The adverb LAMELY has 1 sense:
1. in a weak and unconvincing manner
Familiarity information: LAMELY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a weak and unconvincing manner
Context example:
'I don't know, Edward,' she answered lamely
Pertainym:
lame (pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness)
Context examples
"I guess I forgot your last birthday, Mart," she mumbled lamely.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“Oh, nothing,” Wolf Larsen said lamely.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The wolf leaped lamely back, losing its footing and falling in its weakness.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
This was a poser, and I could only answer lamely enough that, much as I was indebted to my uncle, I had known Jim first, and that I was surely old enough to choose my own friends.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He broke off lamely.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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