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comparative more stupidly, superlative most stupidly
In a stupid manner. quotations examples
She was so modest, so expressive, she had looked so soft in her thin white gown that he felt he had acted stupidly.
1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 26
"Don't we behave just as stupidly in our pursuit of happiness - don't we?" Simpson nodded dejectedly.
1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 154
To an extreme or excessive degree; absurdly. quotations examples
He is so—so proud of his money, and thinks every one ought to be as stupidly rich as he is himself.
1898, Fox Russell, “Outridden”, in Fores's Sporting Notes and Sketches, volume 15
As well as being stupidly hungry I had a raging thirst.
2011, Amy Kernahan, Orion is Upside Down