Meanings
adverbbenightedly (comparative more benightedly, superlative most benightedly)
comparative more benightedly · superlative most benightedly
- In a benighted manner.
"That young girl," he added unexpectedly, "is one of the least benightedly unintelligent organic life forms it has been my profound lack of pleasure not to be able to avoid meeting."
1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 138
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APA
benightedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benightedly
MLA
“benightedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benightedly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “benightedly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/benightedly.
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