Meaning of namby-pambical | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy.
   rare
2. Having a namby-pamby character; insipid, sentimental, or weak.
   archaic, uncommon

Examples

““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? […]””

“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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