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fatuously

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈfæt.ju.əs.li/ / /ˈfæt͡ʃ.u.əs.li/

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English fatuous Middle English -ly English -ly English fatuously From fatuous + -ly.

  1. With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.

    Will they, like the fellows, judiciously bear a hand in sweeping the stable, or will they fatuously wait to be themselves swept with a besom of destruction?