[also more tame; most tame] 1 a : not wild : trained to obey people
▪ a tame elephant
b : not afraid of people
▪ The island's birds are quite tame. 2 : not exciting or interesting : dull
▪ They ran a pretty/quite/rather tame campaign. ▪ Some people were shocked by the movie, but I found the story pretty tame. 3 : gentle and obedient
▪ Members of the audience were too tame to interrupt the speaker.
▪ a tame elephant
b : not afraid of people
▪ The island's birds are quite tame.
▪ They ran a pretty/quite/rather tame campaign. ▪ Some people were shocked by the movie, but I found the story pretty tame.
▪ Members of the audience were too tame to interrupt the speaker.
— tame·ly adverb
— tame·ness noun [noncount]







