tamely
- a word derived from tame.
Example Sentences
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The City manager's blood pressure spiked again when Semenyo shot tamely at Pope from a good position, but City survived the tense finale to keep the pressure on Arsenal.
From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026
Sri Lanka, in reply, were never in the hunt and folded tamely for 164 as Ecclestone spun a web around their batters.
From Barron's • Oct. 11, 2025
Ollie Pope was out to his sixth ball of the day for 106, edging a cut off Krishna, while Stokes was circumspect for 20 before tamely poking Mohammed Siraj behind.
From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025
By this standard, O’Hara is proceeding quite tamely.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025
Each time he obliges them and kisses his bride tamely on the cheek.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
