anemically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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“Right to Be Forgotten” wrestles with a perplexing modern question — how do you undo the havoc Internet infamy can wreak? — in an anemically unsatisfying way.
From Washington Post
The stage business is nonstop, anemically set up and distracting.
From Washington Post
Clement and Waititi have essentially relocated and expanded the idea for American TV, with results ranging from anemically predictable to uproariously clever, depending on the bit.
From Washington Post
For sure, there is a rationale to underlining Douglass’s attitudes about women, as they inform what “The Agitators” somewhat anemically memorializes as the deepest rift between them.
From Washington Post
What is most palpably still here is an Italian economy that is growing anemically, soon to be presided over by a caretaker government with a limited mandate.
From New York Times
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