bovinely

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adverb

In a herd-following or crowd-following manner: without originality or critical thinking.

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Meanings

adverbbovinely (comparative more bovinely, superlative most bovinely)

comparative more bovinely · superlative most bovinely

  1. In a bovine manner.
    1. In a herd-following or crowd-following manner: without originality or critical thinking.

      […] bovinely occupying herself with church, hospital, Red Cross. I say "bovinely" in the sense of following the herd unquestioningly. That's what all her friends did, with time out for occasional bridge and luncheons.

      1961, Jane Rothschild Mayer, The Listening Heart, Crown Publishers, page 224
    2. Sluggishly; indifferently; vacantly.

Origin

From bovine + -ly.

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APA

bovinely. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bovinely

MLA

“bovinely.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bovinely. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bovinely,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bovinely.

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