— supinely , adv. — supineness , n.
adj. /sooh puyn"/ ; n. /sooh"puyn/ , adj.
1. lying on the back, face or front upward.
2. inactive, passive, or inert, esp. from indolence or indifference.
3. (of the hand) having the palm upward.
n.
4. (in Latin) a noun form derived from verbs, appearing only in the accusative and the dative-ablative, as dictu in mirabile dictu, "wonderful to say."
5. (in English) the simple infinitive of a verb preceded by to.
6. an analogous form in some other language.
[ 1490-1500; supinus lying face up, inactive ]