Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supinely

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: supine-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

in a supine way, with the head facing up

Example Sentences

"Giddy and intoxicated as I was with such satiating draughts of pleasure, I still lay on the couch, supinely stretched out, in a delicious languor diffus'd over all my limbs"
"“In the jungle one would scarcely stand supinely aside while another took his mate. It is a silly world, an idiotic world, and Tarzan of the Apes was a fool to renounce the freedom and the happiness of his jungle to come into it.”"

Etymology

From supine + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: supine

Inflected Forms

more supinely (comparative) most supinely (superlative)

Questions

What does supinely mean?: in a supine way, with the head facing up
Where does supinely come from?: From supine + -ly.

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