insipidly


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in·sip·id

 (ĭn-sĭp′ĭd)
adj.
1. Lacking flavor or zest; not tasty: insipid soup.
2. Lacking qualities that excite, stimulate, or interest; dull.

[French insipide, from Late Latin īnsipidus : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin sapidus, savory (from sapere, to taste; see sep- in Indo-European roots).]

in′si·pid′i·ty (ĭn′sĭ-pĭd′ĭ-tē), in·sip′id·ness n.
in·sip′id·ly adv.
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Adv.1.insipidly - in an insipid manner; "insipidly expressed thoughts"
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It is a little overdone, is rather dry, it tastes pretty insipidly, it rouses no enthusiasm.
At the counter she found a friend, bent on the same errand, and conversed with her insipidly, wasting much time.
Team broadcasters set a tone of drone and are insipidly at the mercy of the quality of the baseball theater that's being presented.
Prakash Chandra Lohani of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist) insipidly maintains that unity will be achieved sooner than later.
Because it is all around and a part of our culture, we have insipidly in small and unconscious ways "drank the Kool-Aid." It is a part of us; a part some may not like but nevertheless a part of who we are.
Buttler's efforts though still cannot hide the lack of quality elsewhere in the England line-up that crumbled so insipidly in the morning to be 62-4, or the ease with which they lost four wickets for 10 runs in the evening.
That is a distinct possibility if Shahbaz Sharif continues to lead the party as insipidly as he has done since Nawaz Sharif was ousted from the game.
It's one of those inspirational films that careens dangerously between being strongly inspirational and insipidly utopian.
Of late, we have been seeing more female characters that became popular for being multifaceted individuals, instead of simpering heroines insipidly mooning over their love interests.
'This was a big game, and after the initial overs, the Pakistani bowlers crumbled rather insipidly. Wahab Riaz was once the spearhead of this bowling attack but his performance was a major let down on such an important occasion.
"Are you falling for me like I'm falling for you?" he asks insipidly.