insipidlyadv.
/ɪnˈsɪpɪdli/ In an insipid manner; tastelessly; dully; †senselessly, foolishly.
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the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > insipidity > [adverb]
unsavourilyc1440
wallowishly1603
unsavourly1661
insipidly1699
mawkishly1758
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adverb]
unwiselyc897
dizzilyc1175
folly?c1225
canglichec1230
mazedlya1250
follilyc1330
unskilfully1340
unwittily1362
lewdlyc1380
nicelya1387
fondlya1450
nicea1450
foolishlyc1450
foliously1481
ineptly1523
peevishly?1529
simply1535
insipiently1536
senselessly1561
fonly1579
sillilyc1598
perperously1657
insipidly1699
daftly1724
silly1731
stupid?1757
dawkinly1763
fool-like1800
unsagely1801
spoonily1861
assishly1863
ill-advisedly1879
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in bland or insipid manner
colourlessly1572
tamely1600
flatly1644
frigidly1647
insipidly1699
vapidly1847
monochromatically1890
unatmospherically1913
anonymously1939
1699 S. Garth Dispensary iv. 46 Demurely meek, insipidly serene.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. iii. 157 This doctrine was insipidly and perniciously urged by some.
1799 tr. J. H. Meister Lett. Resid. Eng. 168 Their pulse is served to table insipidly cooked.
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales II. 210 Insipidly regular faces.
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda I. i. iii. 49 It was a matter of extreme interest to her..that the family life would cease to be entirely, insipidly feminine.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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