Then he asked Tom a question in Latin, and Tom answered himlamely in the same tongue.
Among the letters of sympathy, the young fellow received a note from Lady Cantourne, whose acquaintance he had successfully renewed, and in due course he called at her house in Vere Gardens to express somewhat lamely his gratitude.
I may not quote him aright, and I beg his pardon for so lamely rendering him.
Sir Roland broke off lamely thus, because his child was attending, more than himself, to what he was talking of.
They spoke lamely for a while, against time; then the bushwoman touched the spring, and their voices became suddenly low and earnest as they drew together.
She had told me so, yet next instant she seemed to regret the words had escaped her and sought lamely to modify her assertion.
Indeed, I had put my case lamely on purpose, and had gradually led him to this decision.
Twice he commenced, twice he branched off lamely into something else.
You know what I think of your trade," I replied, lamely and coarsely.
Sir, it must needs be lamely followed, when The chiefest men love to follow it Are for the most part cripples.
Before he could answer, Mr. Crewe's explanation of his theories had come lamely to a halt.
The Alcalde bowed, murmured her title, and went lamely out of the house.
I began lamely enough, but presently my remembrance of the young man who conquered all obstacles, who compelled all men he met to follow and obey him, carried me strongly into the narrative.
Haven't they the right," he asked, somewhat lamely to demand the kind of religion they pay for?
And she added, a little lamelyfor her, "Spiritual matters in these days are so difficult, aren't they?
Lamely left" it had to be set on its feet ere it could tread the stage.
So lamelyis it left to us, that it is not divided into acts.
To this baffling question Douglas lamely replied that the inhabitants of a territory, by "unfriendly legislation," might make property in slaves insecure and thus destroy the institution.
I came to----" and then he stopped lamely and in agonized embarrassment.
Trendall had even thanked them, though lamely it must be admitted.
He held out a hand, lamely again, as if fearful that it would pass unnoticed.
Feet which earlier in the evening had been lamely waltzing or half-heartedly two-stepping became lively with Sir Roger de Coverley.
He went on lamenting and lamely protesting that the Government in the King's Speech had not included a Bill to regulate Charity Bazaars, and was endeavouring to institute a comparison with the social system of the ancient Assyrians.
I reckon I've got my second wind now," he lamely announced.
The door of the safe swung lamely upon a single hinge.
We're all right, anyhow," the Captain lamely concluded, his cheeks hot under this indignity.
But wishing to relieve her of the interrogatory, I lamely put in a word urging that she take the children out at once before the sun had disappeared.
The excellent Visconti, after listening to me in silence while I lamely and guiltily explained my offer to him, courteously replied in Italian.
I am very glad to see you," he remarkedlamely as he let it fall--so lamely that he bit his lip at the remembrance.
The dog was turned loose from the traces and hobbled lamely behind the scampering teams.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lamely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
