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In some senses, namby-pambical is marked as archaic, rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.
namby-pambical
adj 2
Collocations
3VERB + NAMBY-PAMBICAL
doubt
NAMBY-PAMBICAL + NOUN
sentiment
ADV.
rather
Definitions
adj
1
Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy.
“Of course, – I am being far too nice, aye and no doubt namby-pambical as well, – ha ha, ha, – after all, what’s being confin’d upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Explosion, hey? […]”
2
Having a namby-pamby character; insipid, sentimental, or weak.
Pray tell R. Sheen, I am hugely displeased at his reprinting the Nativity Hymns, and omitting the very best hymn in the collection—All glory to God in the sky, &c. I beg they may never more be printed without it. Omit one or two and I will thank you. They are namby-pambical. I wish you would give us two or three invitatory hymns.
The 4th stanza is rather namby-pambical; the sentiment is much better expressed in the 5th.
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“Of course, – I am being far too nice, aye and no doubt namby-pambical as well, – ha ha, ha, – after all, what’s being confin’d upon the Summit of a living Volcanoe whose History includes violent Expl
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Pray tell R. Sheen, I am hugely displeased at his reprinting the Nativity Hymns, and omitting the very best hymn in the collection—All glory to God in the sky, &c. I beg they may never more be printed
Wiktionary03
The 4th stanza is rather namby-pambical; the sentiment is much better expressed in the 5th.
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