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stupidly

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stu·pid  (stpd, sty-)
adj. stu·pid·er, stu·pid·est
1. Slow to learn or understand; obtuse.
2. Tending to make poor decisions or careless mistakes.
3. Marked by a lack of intelligence or care; foolish or careless: a stupid mistake.
4. Dazed, stunned, or stupefied.
5. Pointless; worthless: a stupid job.
n.
A stupid or foolish person.

[Latin stupidus, from stupre, to be stunned.]

stupid·ly adv.
stupid·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.stupidly - in a stupid manner; "he had stupidly bought a one way ticket"
Translations
stupidly [ˈstjuːpɪdlɪ] ADV [behave, act] → como un idiota; [stare, grin] → como un bobo, como un tonto
stupidly, I said I would help hercomo un tonto, dije que la ayudaría, cometí la estupidez de decir que la ayudaría
stupidly, he'd not anticipated that this might happenhabía sido una estupidez por su parte, pero no había previsto que esto pudiera ocurrir
somebody had stupidly left the door openalguien había cometido la estupidez de dejar la puerta abierta
stupidly [ˈstjuːpɪdli] advstupidement, bêtement
stupidly
adv (= unintelligently)dumm; (= foolishly also)blöd (inf); saydummerweise; staredumm; grinalbern; stupidly I’d forgotten my keysdummerweise hatte ich meine Schlüssel vergessen; he stupidly refuseder war so dumm or blöd (inf)abzulehnen; he had told the boss several stupidly obvious lieser hatte dem Chef einige dummdreiste Lügen erzählt
stupidly [ˈstjuːpɪdlɪ] adv (smile, say) → stupidamente
I stupidly forgot to lock the door → mi sono stupidamente dimenticato di chiudere la porta a chiave
stupidly [ˈstjuːpɪdlɪ] adv (smile, say) → stupidamente
I stupidly forgot to lock the door → mi sono stupidamente dimenticato di chiudere la porta a chiave


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The hero of this tale stared stupidly at the pastoral picture as if he had never seen such a thing in all his life; then he put his hand to his head, passed it through his hair and, withdrawing it, attentively considered the palm--a singular thing to do.
We looked at each other stupidly and with eyes terrified.
Maston courageously menaced them with his steel hook, but he only succeeded in frightening some pelicans and teal, while tall flamingos stared stupidly at the party.
 
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