supinely

1. 1.

   with the face upward

   “she was stretched supinely on her back”
2. 2.

   in an indifferently supine manner

   “he called the tune to me and I supinely took it up”

Questions about supinely

What does supinely mean?

supinely means "with the face upward". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in supinely?

supinely has 4 syllables and divides as su-pi-ne-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is supinely a common word?

supinely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.