Supinely

adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a supine way, with the head facing up

    "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"

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an indifferently supine manner wordnet
  2. 2
    with the face upward wordnet

Synonyms

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obediently

Example

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"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"

Etymology

From supine + -ly.

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