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vapidly

/ˈvæpɪdli/ adv

In a vapid manner; not inspiring; in a manner unlikely to make an impression.

Word Origin Vapidly comes from Latin 'vapidus', describing wine that has lost its vapor — its spirit, its life — and become flat and stale. The root is 'vapor', steam or exhalation. So something vapid is lifeless, dull, lacking the fizz. Adding '-ly' makes it an adverb: speaking vapidly is speaking without sparkle. The same root gives us 'vapor' and 'evaporate' (to lose vapor).

adv In a vapid manner; not inspiring; in a manner unlikely to make an impression.

She spoke vapidly about the weather for twenty minutes.

(副词) 索然无味地；枯燥乏味地

她乏味地谈论了二十分钟天气。

(adverbio) insípidamente; de manera insulsa; sin gracia [De manera insípida; sin inspirar; de una manera que probablemente no cause impresión.]

Ella habló insípidamente sobre el clima durante veinte minutos.

(adverbe) insipidement; de manière insipide; platement; fade [de manière insipide et sans intérêt ; d'une façon incapable de faire impression.]

Elle a parlé vapidly de la météo pendant vingt minutes.

(Adverb) fade; geistlos; uninspiriert [Auf eine langweilige, geistlose oder uninspirierte Weise; ohne Eindruck zu hinterlassen.]

Sie sprach **vapidly** zwanzig Minuten lang über das Wetter.

(副詞) 活気がなく、印象に残らない様子で。退屈な様子で。

彼女は20分間も天気について退屈そうに話した。

(advérbio) insulsamente; sem brilho; tediosamente; banalmente [De maneira insípida; sem inspiração; de modo improvável de causar impressão.]

Ela falou de forma insípida sobre o clima por vinte minutos.

Synonyms: blandly insipidly flatly dully lifelessly tediously uninterestingly listlessly Antonyms: interestingly excitingly vividly sharply
Word parts: vapid + ly

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