Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a supine manner.
- Carelessly; indolently; listlessly; drowsily; in a heedless or thoughtless way.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in a
supine way, with the head facing up
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb with the face upward
- adverb in an indifferently supine manner
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Examples
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Yet, in advance of any attempt at negotiation upon it with the EU, they have supinely surrendered the one weapon which strikes terror into the heart of everyone with the EuroPox: the Referendum.
Archive 2009-06-14 2009
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Lingerie-wearing vixens lounge supinely in intimate rooms with all the comforts of home, or gather in groups for after-hour parties at dimly-lit bars.
Susan Michals: Artist Natalia Fabia Goes Punk Rock Fabulous Susan Michals 2012
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Lingerie-wearing vixens lounge supinely in intimate rooms with all the comforts of home, or gather in groups for after-hour parties at dimly-lit bars.
Susan Michals: Artist Natalia Fabia Goes Punk Rock Fabulous Susan Michals 2012
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Yet, in advance of any attempt at negotiation upon it with the EU, they have supinely surrendered the one weapon which strikes terror into the heart of everyone with the EuroPox: the Referendum.
Tory Dishonour 2009
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Broadcasters and sponsors need to be made aware that viewers won't just lie down and supinely take this: You cannot ruin my pleasure in the sport I love and get away with it.
Pardon the Commercial Contortion Richard Lord 2011
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No one should supinely accept the ordinary form of Mass when it is used as a vehicle for liturgical abuse.
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He challenged them not to “sit supinely” while depredation ravaged their city.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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He challenged them not to “sit supinely” while depredation ravaged their city.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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No matter how many conservative voices you put on the op-ed page or on the air, no matter how supinely you adopt the idiotic notion that every dispute has two equally plausible sides, liberal is what you'll be called.
Marty Kaplan: What We "Need to Know" About PBS After Moyers 2010
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Having the Senate go from supinely emulating the Weimar Reichstag's Enabling Act (with infinitely less excuse than the Germans) to becoming themselves the defier of constitutional constraints.
Senate Dems To Block Burris' Path To Senate -- Perhaps Even Literally 2009
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