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fatuously

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fat·u·ous  (fch-s)
adj.
Foolish or silly, especially in a smug or self-satisfied way: "'Don't you like the poor lonely bachelor?' he yammered in a fatuous way" (Sinclair Lewis). See Synonyms at foolish.
[From Latin fatuus.]
fatu·ous·ly adv.
fatu·ous·ness n.
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Adv.1.fatuously - vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish
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