FATUOUSLY

fatuously, inanely

(adverb) vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

fatuously (comparative more fatuously, superlative most fatuously)

With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.

Synonyms

• (with smug stupidity): foolishly, idiotically, stupidly

Source: Wiktionary


FATUOUS

Fat"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. fatuus.]

1. Feeble in mind; weak; silly; stupid; foolish; fatuitous. Glanvill.

2. Without reality; illusory, like the ignis fatuus. Thence fatuous fires and meteors take their birth. Danham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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