lame·ly
adverb/ˈleɪmli/
/ˈleɪmli/
- in a way that does not sound very confident, or that does not persuade other people
（听起来）信心不足地，不具说服力地，站不住脚地 - ‘I must have made a mistake,’ she said lamely.
“我一定是弄错了。” 她胆怯地说。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryLamely is used with these verbs:- finish
- joke
- say
- …
- ‘I must have made a mistake,’ she said lamely.