tamely

1. 1.

   in a tame manner

   “the labour movement allowed itself to be run out of power tamely”

Questions about tamely

What does tamely mean?

tamely means "in a tame manner".

How many syllables are in tamely?

tamely has 3 syllables and divides as ta-me-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 tamely a common word?

tamely 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.