Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a stale, commonplace, or hackneyed manner; so as to seem flat or tedious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a stale manner.
- adverb obsolete Of old; long since.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
stale manner. - adverb obsolete of old;
long since
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nose wrinkling, Yvonne abruptly reached toward Jack's abandoned coffee mug, which was still almost full and stalely reeked of hazelnut, and shoved it farther away from her.
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He sat Grover down in the small interview room which smelt stalely of sweat and unwashed socks.
Hard Frost Wingfield, R. D. 1995
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It was all so stalely familiar -- the little rustle of excitement, the preliminary clapping, the settling down to listen, and then the sea of upturned faces spread out beneath her.
The Splendid Folly Margaret Pedler
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For let class-jealousy be what it may, a woman hates to see another woman left stalely on the shelf, without a chance.
The Lost Girl 1907
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The dominions of these petty despots are marked along the road with as much precision as the boundaries of an empire; we saw sometimes their stalely castles at a distance, forming quite a contrast to the poor scattering villages of the peasants.
Views a-foot Bayard Taylor 1851
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A TALL and stalely wild plant, common by oor wB. y sides, and known by its great white prickly leaves and red flowers.
The Family Herbal,: And of the Drugs which are Produced by Vegetables of Other Countries : with ... John Hill, Charles Brightly, T. Kinnersley 1812
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