adjective (formal)
1 lying flat on your back:
a supine position * Clare remained supine, her eyes closed.
comparePRONE
2 (disapproving) not willing to act or disagree with sb because you are lazy or morally weak:
the supine attitude of some of our politicians
supinely adverb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for supine is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does supine appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — supine appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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