Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stupidly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stupid \Stu"pid\, a. [L. stupidus, fr. stupere to be stupefied:
cf. F. stupide.]
1. Very dull; insensible; senseless; wanting in
understanding; heavy; sluggish; in a state of stupor; --
said of persons.

O that men . . . should be so stupid grown . . . As
to forsake the living God! --Milton.

With wild surprise, A moment stupid, motionless he
stood. --Thomson.

2. Resulting from, or evincing, stupidity; formed without
skill or genius; dull; heavy; -- said of things.

Observe what loads of stupid rhymes Oppress us in
corrupted times. --Swift.

Syn: Simple; insensible; sluggish; senseless; doltish;
sottish; dull; heavy; clodpated. -- {Stu"pid*ly}, adv.
-- {Stu"pid*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

stupidly
adv : in a stupid manner; "he had stupidly bought a one way
ticket" [syn: {without thinking}]


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