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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 supinely
 (ad.)仰臥地;懶散地;怠慢地

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Su·pine a.
 1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward; -- opposed to prone.
 2. Leaning backward, or inclining with exposure to the sun; sloping; inclined.
 If the vine
 On rising ground be placed, or hills supine.   --Dryden.
 3. Negligent; heedless; indolent; listless.
    He became pusillanimous and supine, and openly exposed to any temptation.   --Woodward.
 Syn: -- Negligent; heedless; indolent; thoughtless; inattentive; listless; careless; drowsy.
 -- Su*pine*ly, adv. -- Su*pine*ness, n.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 supinely
      adv 1: with the face upward; "she was stretched supinely on her
             back"
      2: in an indifferently supine manner; "he called the tune to me
         and I supinely took it up"