• Fatuously

    Pronunciation ,

    • RP IPA: /ˈfæt.ju.É™s.li/
    • US IPA: /ˈfætʃ.u.É™s.li/

    Origin

    fatuous + -ly

    Full definition of fatuously

    Adverb

    fatuously

    1. With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
      • 1835, Michael Ryan (ed.), "Reform in the College of Physicians", London Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. VII, G. Henderson, page 153,Will they, like the fellows, judiciously bear a hand in sweeping the stable, or will they fatuously wait to be themselves swept with a besom of destruction?

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