boringly
- adverb
- /ˈbɔːrɪŋli/
- The lecture continued boringly, making it hard for the students to stay awake.
- boringly normal
- boringly predictable
- boringly consistent
Who's that guy that would, you know, the boring who would do something great but do it boringly?
- Who's that guy that would, you know, the boring who would do something great but do it boringly?
Examples
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The story was told so boringly that many listeners left before it ended.
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Rather boringly, I agree with all of this, with a special nod of agreement to your first two points.
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It's time for Google to stop doing this kind of stuff and to be boringly reliable.
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We cook ahead, but we eat boringly.
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After this, the programme began to repeat itself boringly, and Danny switched off the set.
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Though boringly familiar, the workout gave me my first chance to match my speed directly against the Cat's.
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Well, we must seem boringly puritanical to you.
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Dundee is perfectly, boringly small-town normal.
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Your anti-Obama bias is so obvious that it has become boringly predictable.
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In this case, the simplest explanation is probably that the Iraqi and Saudi oil numbers are, boringly enough, just what they say they are.
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Synonyms
In a calm way that shows no strong feeling or interest
In a boring way that shows little interest or energy
In a long, boring way that repeats the same things
In a boring way that annoys people
In a dull, repeated way that is not interesting
In a plain, ordinary way with no excitement
In a boring way that does not keep people's attention
In a dull way that does not interest people
In a dull way without life or interest
In a dull, boring way that makes people lose interest
In a dull, boring way with little interest
In a way that shows boredom or makes people tired
Antonyms
How Boring
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word boringly comes from boring, which comes from the verb bore that once meant 'to make a hole', like with a drill. A helpful way to remember it is to picture a dull talk 'drilling' into you, so boringly means 'in a way that causes boredom'.