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stupidly

adverb

  1. without rational thought
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adv

Etymology: Etymology tree Latin stupidusder. Middle French stupideder. English stupid Middle English -ly English -ly English stupidly From stupid + -ly.

  1. In a stupid manner.

    “She gazed stupidly after him.”

    “She was so modest, so expressive, she had looked so soft in her thin white gown that he felt he had acted stupidly.”

  2. To an extreme or excessive degree; absurdly.

    “He is so—so proud of his money, and thinks every one ought to be as stupidly rich as he is himself.”

    “As well as being stupidly hungry I had a raging thirst.”

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