stalelyadv.
In a stale, commonplace or hackneyed manner.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [adverb] > in a commonplace manner
stalely1609
trivially1625
tritely1691
tritically1762
prosaically1765
commonplacely1854
prosily1874
banally1934
stereotypically1950
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in trite or banal manner
stalely1609
trivially1625
tritely1691
tritically1762
prosaically1765
prosingly1822
commonplacely1854
prosily1874
banally1934
pedestrianly1988
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adverb] > in stale manner
stalely1920
1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd ii. sig. Dv I will not sue, stally to be your seruant, But a new tearme, will you be my refuge? View more context for this quotation
1611 B. Jonson Catiline ii. sig. E2 Tut, all your promis'd Mountaines, And Seas, I am so stalely acquainted with. View more context for this quotation
1920 D. H. Lawrence Lost Girl i. 8 Let class-jealousy be what it may, a woman hates to see another woman left stalely on the shelf.
1938 G. Greene Brighton Rock vii. i. 279 She smelt faintly, stalely, of Californian Poppy.
1957 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Shadow of Moon xxi. 326 The drawing-room smelt stalely of cigar smoke.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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