TAMELY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

tamely

adverb

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as in meekly

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Recent Examples of tamely Once the players returned to the field, Diaz inexplicably tried a Panenka-style chip and his weak penalty sailed tamely into the arms of Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. — Reuters, NBC news, 18 Jan. 2026 Dominik Szoboszlai had just squandered a golden chance by firing tamely into the arms of Emiliano Martinez after winning the ball back high up the field when the Kop parked their frustration and vocally declared their unwavering faith in the Dutchman. — James Pearce, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2025 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. — Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

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Instead of going down meekly to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Milwaukee Brewers swept the National League Championship Series and are headed to the World Series.

— Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
The Brewers, of course, sealed the deal with two runs on three singles in the bottom of the eighth, and the Dodgers went meekly 1-2-3 in the ninth.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of meekly

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The system works passively, with no pumps, actuators, or other moving parts to maintain.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Upon landing, the craft passively self-rights and transitions its dual wingsails to wind propulsion without active morphing, achieving a high 91 percent effective mass usage across air and water.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

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