thickheadedly

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adverb

In a thickheaded manner

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Meanings

adverbthickheadedly (comparative more thickheadedly, superlative most thickheadedly)

comparative more thickheadedly · superlative most thickheadedly

  1. In a thickheaded manner
    1 more example

    Here he plays LA cop Frank Drebin, thickheadedly matching his wits against wealthy villain Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban)--who, for reasons that remain obscure to me, is plotting the assassination of Queen Elizabeth II (played by look-alike Jeannette Charles) at a California Angels baseball game.

    1988 December 9, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Anything for a Laugh”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016

Origin

From thickheaded + -ly.

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Cite this entry
APA

thickheadedly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thickheadedly

MLA

“thickheadedly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thickheadedly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thickheadedly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thickheadedly.

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