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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) 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? […]”
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.
Use namby-pambical when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Namby-pambical means (rare) Like or resembling a namby-pamby; lacking vigor or decisiveness, wishy-washy..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“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? […]”
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