samely
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From same + -ly. Compare Middle English samli (“together, with each other”, adverb).
Adjective
[edit]samely (comparative more samely, superlative most samely)
- (dialectal) Similar; monotonous; unvaried.
- 1900, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 23, page 20:
- 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.
- 1997, John Smith, Tony Bagnall Smith, Vet in Africa: life on the Zambezi, 1913-1933:
- It all helps to vary a diet which, at this time of year, is very samely and low on greens.
Synonyms
[edit]- regular, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady