as in meekly
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Recent Examples of tamely
That test soon divides matter, even for a far from sensitive ear, into what reads well & what reads tamely, haltingly, jerkily, lopsidedly, top-heavily, or otherwise badly.
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Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Wilson Isidor’s shot was unthreatening enough but Hermansen’s attempts to push it around his post were fluffed, allowing the ball to bounce tamely into the corner.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Wilson Isidor’s shot was unthreatening enough but Hermansen’s attempts to push it around his post were fluffed, allowing the ball to bounce tamely into the corner.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tamely
Adverb
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In other words, students prepare for citizenship in a disputatious society by practicing the civic arts—by asserting and advocating for their views—not by meekly absorbing lessons from their instructors.—
Christopher L. Eisgruber,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Well, after years of stuttering, pausing, juddering, waiting for the goalkeeper to dive and then rolling spot kicks meekly into the net, Nick Woltemade may have just reversed the trend.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Most recently, in 2023, a group of British researchers found that ticks are passively attracted to furry hosts, whose fluffy coats accumulate electrons.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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By inviting children to deliberate, argue, and choose winners, SIFF is essentially teaching media literacy as a creative discipline, cultivating audiences who interpret film critically, not passively.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Tamely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tamely. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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