tamely

[ UK /tˈe‍ɪmli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a tame manner
    the labour movement allowed itself to be run out of power tamely
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How To Use tamely In A Sentence

  • She's not likely to stand by and tamely accept defeat.
  • Then Garry O'Connor took his turn, scampering unhindered before shooting tamely across goal.
  • There was no excuse though when Thomas shot tamely wide from eight yards.
  • should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars
  • Roberts should have done better than shoot tamely wide when more clever work by Moran led to Bracey palming his acute-angled shot into the big striker's path.
  • There was no excuse though when Thomas shot tamely wide from eight yards.
  • Yet they neither copy Japan nor submit tamely to foreign domination.
  • Today, the sea laps tamely over the shingle beach beside the tangle of narrow streets. Times, Sunday Times
  • It began rather tamely, I am afraid, and started to fall to pieces after the first fortissimo downward scale.
  • But he added just ten more runs before tamely cutting to backward point. The Sun
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