supinely

Definition of Supinely in English :

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Adverb

1. supinely

with the face upward

Example Sentences:
'she was stretched supinely on her back'

2. supinely

in an indifferently supine manner

Example Sentences:
'he called the tune to me and I supinely took it up'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Supinely

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adjective (suːˈpaɪn , sjuː- , ˈsuːpaɪn , ˈsjuː- )

1.

lying or resting on the back with the face, palm, etc, upwards

2.

displaying no interest or animation; lethargic

noun (ˈsuːpaɪn , ˈsjuː- )

3. grammar

a noun form derived from a verb in Latin, often used to express purpose with verbs of motion

. Abbreviation: sup

Supinely

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adjective

1.

lying on the back, face upward

2.

with the palm upward or away from the body

said of the hand

3. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic

leaning or sloping backward

4.

mentally or morally inactive; sluggish; listless; passive

noun Grammar

5.

a Latin verbal noun formed from the stem of the past participle and having only an accusative and an ablative form

6.

an infinitive in English preceded by to

Supinely

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adj.

1. Lying on the back or having the face upward.

2. Having the palm upward. Used of the hand.

3. Marked by or showing lethargy, passivity, or blameworthy indifference: "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried" (Theodore Roosevelt).

n.

In Latin grammar, a verbal noun used in only a few syntactic constructions and occurring in only two cases, an accusative in -tum or -sum and an ablative in -tū or -sū. The accusative form of the supine is sometimes considered to be the fourth principal part of the Latin verb.

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