foolishly
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfuːlɪʃli/
Adverb
foolishly (comparative more foolishly, superlative most foolishly)
- In a foolish manner.
- He dressed foolishly to entertain the children.
- 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 220:
- I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural aukwardness.
- Without good judgment.
- Foolishly, he had decided that, because a home was the best investment, two homes were even better.
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