Fatuously

//ˈfæt.ju.əs.li// adv

adv ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 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?"

Adverb
  1. 1
    vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish wordnet

Example

More examples

"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?"

Etymology

From fatuous + -ly.

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