Etymology

From same +‎ -lyCategory:English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival)#SAMELY. Compare Middle English samli (“together, with each other”, adverb).

Adjective

samely (comparative more samely, superlative most samely)Category:English lemmas#SAMELYCategory:English adjectives#SAMELYCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SAMELYCategory:Pages with entries#SAMELYCategory:Pages with 1 entry#SAMELY

1. (dialectalCategory:English dialectal terms#SAMELY) 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.

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   • 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.

     Category:English terms with quotations#SAMELY

Anagrams

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