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samely en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (dialectal) Similar; monotonous; unvaried.
    • It all helps to vary a diet which, at this time of year, is very samely and low on greens. 1997, John Smith, Tony Bagnall Smith, Vet in Africa: life on the Zambezi, 1913-1933:
    • 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. 1900, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 23, page 20:

Forms

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most samely Degree=Sup lexicographic
more samely Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

sameliness

Relateds

same-like

Synonyms

unvarying · regular