supinely
English
Etymology
Adverb
supinely (comparative more supinely, superlative most supinely)
- in a supine way, with the head facing up
- 1749, John Cleland, “part 4”, in Fanny Hill: Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, London: G. Fenton, OCLC 13050889:
- Giddy and intoxicated as I was with such satiating draughts of pleasure, I still lay on the couch, supinely stretched out, in a delicious languor diffus'd over all my limbs
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