Vapidly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Vapid \Vap"id\ (v[a^]p"[i^]d), a. [L. vapidus having lost its
     life and spirit, vapid; akin to vappa vapid wine, vapor
     vapor. See {Vapor}.]
     Having lost its life and spirit; dead; spiritless; insipid;
     flat; dull; unanimated; as, vapid beer; a vapid speech; a
     vapid state of the blood.


     [1913 Webster]
  
           A cheap, bloodless reformation, a guiltless liberty,
           appear flat and vapid to their taste.    --Burke.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Vap"id*ly}, adv. -- {Vap"id*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vapidly
       adv : in a vapid manner; "a vapidly smiling salesman"