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idiotly

adv

Etymology

From idiot + -ly.

  1. derived from ἰδιώτης
  2. derived from idiota
  3. derived from idiote
  4. inherited from idiote
  5. formed as idiotly — “idiot + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In the manner of an idiot

    In the manner of an idiot; idiotically.

    • […], and in order to win the support of those who could not think for themselves, you deliberately and falsely represented yourself as the holder of several Doctor's degrees and idiotly claimed to be the Coming Master.
    • He remembered their faces, red and idiotly merry with excited ridicule, so fiercely eager to lay indignity on someone else.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA