Fatuously
//ˈfæt.ju.əs.li// adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 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 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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