inamiably

adv

inamiably

adv

/ɪnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bli/

Etymology From inamiable + -ly. Piecewise doublet of inamicably, inimicably, unamiably, and unamicably.

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Rare In an inamiable manner.

  • I have read [Samuel] Johnsons^([sic]) Lives and am sure that Men painted as they really & impartially are, look most inamiably.a. 1825, William Osgoode, Friends of the Chief Justice: The Osgoode Correspondence in the Archives of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto, Ont.: Law Society of Upper Canada, published 1990, →ISBN, page 120:
  • These missionaries must have behaved inamiably because a reaction slowly ripened against them.1958, John A. Arnez, Slovenia in European Affairs: Reflections on Slovenian Political History (Studia Slovenica; 1), New York, N.Y.: League of CSA, →OCLC, page 32:
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  • The others joined inamiably. “Eat her! Eat her!”2020, Vadim Zeland, translated by Joanna Dobson, “The Little Red Queen”, in Priestess Itfut, Saint Petersburg: Ves Publishing Group, →ISBN:

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