STUPIDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stupidly mean? 

• STUPIDLY (adverb)
  The adverb STUPIDLY has 1 sense:

1. in a stupid manner

  Familiarity information: STUPIDLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STUPIDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a stupid manner

Synonyms:

doltishly; stupidly

Context example:

he had stupidly bought a one way ticket

Pertainym:

stupid (lacking or marked by lack of intellectual acuity)

 Context examples 

White Fang heard it first, and he was bristling with recognition while Grey Beaver still nodded stupidly.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

They looked up at me stupidly and pointed, but just then the "hetman" of the Szgany came out, and seeing them pointing to my window, said something, at which they laughed.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Of course this politeness was wasted on the Scarecrow; for when he found himself alone in his room he stood stupidly in one spot, just within the doorway, to wait till morning.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Again, I wonder whether any of the neighbours call to mind, as I do, how we used to walk home together, she and I; and I wonder stupidly about that, all the dreary dismal day.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He stood, gazing stupidly across at White Fang, the raw, red shin-bone between them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)