lame ‧ ly /ˈleɪmli/ BrE AmE adverb written
if you say something lamely, you do not sound confident and other people find it difficult to believe you SYN weakly :
‘It wasn’t my responsibility,’ he lamely explained.
lame ‧ ly /ˈleɪmli/ BrE AmE adverb written
if you say something lamely, you do not sound confident and other people find it difficult to believe you SYN weakly :
‘It wasn’t my responsibility,’ he lamely explained.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012