inamiably en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bli/
Etymology
From inamiable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of inamicably, inimicably, unamiably, and unamicably.
Meanings
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(rare) In an inamiable manner.
The others joined inamiably. “Eat her! Eat her!”
2020, Vadim Zeland, translated by Joanna Dobson, “The Little Red Queen”, in Priestess Itfut, Saint Petersburg: Ves Publishing Group, →ISBN:I have read [Samuel] Johnsons^([sic]) Lives and am sure that Men painted as they really & impartially are, look most inamiably.
a. 1825, William Osgoode, Friends of the Chief Justice: The Osgoode Correspondence in the Archives of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, Ont.: Law Society of Upper Canada, published 1990, →ISBN, page 120:These missionaries must have behaved inamiably because a reaction slowly ripened against them.
1958, John A. Arnez, Slovenia in European Affairs: Reflections on Slovenian Political History (Studia Slovenica; 1), New York, N.Y.: League of CSA, →OCLC, page 32:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more inamiably | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most inamiably | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |