Samely

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Similar; monotonous; unvaried. dialectal

    "It is commonly said that the world today is becoming very samely, and the traveller who visits lands that were yesterday regarded as remote haunts of barbarism usually experiences much disillusion."

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"It is commonly said that the world today is becoming very samely, and the traveller who visits lands that were yesterday regarded as remote haunts of barbarism usually experiences much disillusion."

Etymology

From same + -ly. Compare Middle English samli (“together, with each other”, adverb).

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