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recumbently

/ɹᵻkˈʌmbəntli/ adv

In a recumbent manner; while lying down.

Word Origin From Latin re- 'back' and cumbere 'to lie down' — recumbent means lying back, reclining. Recumbently is the adverb. The same root cumbere gives us incumbent (lying upon, as in duty), succumb (to lie under, yield), incubate (to lie upon eggs), incubus (a demon that lies upon sleepers), concubine (one who lies with), and cubicle (a little lying-down room). The PIE root *keu- meant 'to bend, curve.'

adv In a recumbent manner; while lying down.

He spent the afternoon reading recumbently on the sofa.

(副词) 平卧地；躺卧地

他整个下午都躺在沙发上看书。

(adverbio) De manera recostada; estando acostado.

Pasó la tarde leyendo recostado en el sofá.

(adverbe) allongé; couché; en position allongée; à plat [D'une manière couchée ; en position allongée.]

Il a passé l'après-midi à lire recumbently sur le canapé.

(Adverb) liegend; im Liegen [In liegender Haltung; während man liegt.]

Er verbrachte den Nachmittag **recumbently** auf dem Sofa lesend.

(副詞) 横たわった状態で、寝そべって。

彼は午後の大半をソファで recumbently 読書して過ごした。

(advérbio) deitado; reclinado; prostrado [De modo recumbente; enquanto se está deitado.]

Ele passou a tarde lendo recumbentemente no sofá.

Synonyms: recliningly supinely prostrately horizontally flatly lying down Antonyms: uprightly vertically erectly standing
Word parts: re + cumb + ent + ly

Related words

cubit cubicle

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