Etymology

stupidly

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Today it means: In a stupid manner. Full definition →

English stupid ← Middle French stupide ← Latin stupidus
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  1. Latinstupidus
  2. Middle Frenchstupide
  3. Englishstupid
  4. English todaystupidly

From stupid + -ly.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.