lamelyadv.
/ˈleɪmli/, U.S. /ˈleɪmli/ In a lame manner; with halting steps or limbs; haltingly; imperfectly, defectively, inefficiently.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [adverb]
lamely1597
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adverb] > in specific way: more imperfectly > defectively or faultily
faultily1577
haltingly1580
lamely1597
defectively1604
defectuously1604
society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [adverb] > lamely
lamely1597
hobblingly1607
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [adverb]
lamely1837
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. i. 22 Deformd, vnfinisht..scarce halfe made vp, And that so lamely and vnfashionable, That dogs barke at me as I halt by them. View more context for this quotation
c1599 Life T. More in C. Wordsworth Eccl. Biogr. (1810) II. 116 This booke [sc. Utopia]..is translated..into English absurdly and lamely.
1614 T. Adams in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1872) III. Ps. lxxi. 18 A comedy that..goes lamely off in the last act, finds no applause.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) ii. i. 86 Val. She enioyn'd me, To write some lines to one she loues... Speed. Are they not lamely writt? View more context for this quotation
1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Pref. sig. A4v So lamely is it left to us, that it is not divided into Acts.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 66 They who speak gracefully, are very lamely represented, in having their Speeches read or repeated by unskilful People.
1739 D. Hume Treat. Human Nature I. Introd. 2 Principles taken upon trust, consequences lamely deduced from them.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 207 Halting lamely along, thou noticest next Bishop Talleyrand-Perigord.
1885 R. W. Dixon Hist. Church Eng. III. 201 Cardwell lamely tries to screen Ridley.
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