samely

English

Etymology

From same +‎ -ly. Compare Middle English samli (“together, with each other”, adverb).

Adjective

samely (comparative more samely, superlative most samely)

1. (dialectal) Similar; monotonous; unvaried.
   • 1900, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 23, page 20:

     It is commonly said that the world today is becoming very samely, and the traveller who visits lands that were yesterday regarded as remote haunts of barbarism usually experiences much disillusion.

   • 1997, John Smith, Tony Bagnall Smith, Vet in Africa: life on the Zambezi, 1913-1933:

     It all helps to vary a diet which, at this time of year, is very samely and low on greens.

Synonyms

• regular, unvarying; see also Thesaurus:steady

Related terms

• same-like

Anagrams

• Lameys, Leamys, Lemays, Maleys, Mayles, Mealys, amyles, measly, yealms