fatuously
advUK /ˈfæt.ju.əs.li/ · US /ˈfæt͡ʃ.u.əs.li/
Etymology 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?1835, “Reform in the College of Physicians”, in Michael Ryan, editor, London Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. VII, page 153:
- Synonyms
- foolishly, idiotically, stupidly
- Related terms
- fatuity, fatuous, fatuousness