inamiably

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈeɪ.mi.ə.bli/

Adverb

inamiably (comparative more inamiably, superlative most inamiably)

  1. (rare) In an inamiable manner.
    Synonym: unamiably
    • 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:
      I have read [Samuel] Johnsons[sic] Lives and am sure that Men painted as they really & impartially are, look most inamiably.
    • 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:
      These missionaries must have behaved inamiably because a reaction slowly ripened against them.
    • 2020, Vadim Zeland, translated by Joanna Dobson, “The Little Red Queen”, in Priestess Itfut, Saint Petersburg: Ves Publishing Group, →ISBN:
      The others joined inamiably. “Eat her! Eat her!”
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