Synonyms for stupidly

Grammar : Adv

Spell : stoo-pid, styoo‐

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstu pɪd, ˈstyu‐

Définition of stupidly

Origin : 1540s, "mentally slow," from Middle French stupide, from Latin stupidus "amazed, confounded," literally "struck senseless," from stupere "be stunned, amazed, confounded," from PIE *(s)tupe- "hit," from root *(s)teu- (see steep (adj.)).
Native words for this idea include negative compounds with words for "wise" (cf. Old English unwis, unsnotor, ungleaw), also dol (see dull), and dysig (see dizzy). Stupid retained its association with stupor and its overtones of "stunned by surprise, grief, etc." into mid-18c. The difference between stupid and the less opprobrious foolish roughly parallels that of German töricht vs. dumm but does not exist in most European languages.

adv foolishly

Example sentences :

Stupidly, being taken by surprise, and being new at it, I fired at once at its head.
Extract from : « Among Malay Pirates » by G. A. Henty

Stupidly Smith stared at the spot from which she had disappeared.
Extract from : « The Tree of Life » by Catherine Lucille Moore

Stupidly he spoke, his hands deep in his pockets, his head rolled forward.
Extract from : « McTeague » by Frank Norris

Stupidly enough, the man comprehended some part of his admonishment.
Extract from : « The Day of Days » by Louis Joseph Vance

Stupidly misunderstanding, he thought that Sonny was merely trying to avoid the child.
Extract from : « The House in the Water » by Charles G. D. Roberts

Stupidly he was aware that the new minister was doing something by him that was not exactly usual.
Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Stupidly enough, it took me a few seconds to swallow those twenty-seven years; but for all that my mind worked quickly.
Extract from : « The Priest's Tale - Pre Etienne » by Robert Keable

Stupidly Annixter drove the question home again, at his wits' end as to how to make conversation.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

Stupidly sensitive being that he was, he thought that this icy, intellectual Mr. Minford would laugh at him.
Extract from : « Round the Block » by John Bell Bouton

Stupidly he sat gazing at the back of the gamin who slunk beside the aversion of the driver on the box.
Extract from : « Loveliness » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

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