stupidly

comparative more stupidly · superlative most stupidly

1. In a stupid manner.

   She gazed stupidly after him.

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   She was so modest, so expressive, she had looked so soft in her thin white gown that he felt he had acted stupidly.

   1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 26

   "Don't we behave just as stupidly in our pursuit of happiness - don't we?" Simpson nodded dejectedly.

   1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 154

   As I write this, drivers' union ASLEF has announced yet another series of one-day strikes, because ministers are stupidly insisting that the modest below-inflation pay rise they have offered drivers still comes with strings attached over working conditions.

   2024 January 24, Christian Wolmar, “What could Labour do to reverse the rail reform agenda?”, in RAIL, number 1001, page 47

   Synonyms: carelessly, foolishly, irresponsibly

2. To an extreme or excessive degree; absurdly.

   As well as being stupidly hungry I had a raging thirst.

   2011, Amy Kernahan, Orion is Upside Down

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   He is so—so proud of his money, and thinks every one ought to be as stupidly rich as he is himself.

   1898, Fox Russell, “Outridden”, in Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches, volume 15

   Synonyms: absurdly