stupidly
/ˈstjuːpɪdli
/adverb
1In a way that lacks intelligence or common sense: I admit that I have acted stupidly we’d stupidly forgotten to book a cab...
- He behaves, like most teenagers, quite stupidly.
- I remember it was on telly 10 years ago, but I stupidly taped over it.
- They spend their lives digging up evidence against corporations because some consumers stupidly misused their products.
1.1In a dazed manner suggesting the inability to think clearly: I gazed stupidly at him his eyes were vacant and he smiled stupidly...
- We're forced to spend time with them as they stumble stupidly and chat inanely.
- I stood there looking stupidly at the writing while the water rose to my waist.
- She stood stupidly staring at the faces around her.
1.2 [as submodifier] So as to cause surprise or disbelief; ridiculously: one of the most stupidly danceable albums of the year stupidly expensive drinks...
- The film's storyline was predictable—stupidly at times.
- A case in point is the stupidly obvious retooling of "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot."
- They were part of his stable of stupidly successful pop acts.