blitheringly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

blithering +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

blitheringly (comparative more blitheringly, superlative most blitheringly)

  1. In a crazy or foolish manner.
    • 2015 August 23, Euan Ferguson, “The week in TV: The Scandalous Lady W, School Swap: The Class Divide, Show Me a Hero, Britain’s Spending Secrets, Natural World”, in The Observer[1]:
      As ever, I blame 1970s experimentalists: never in modern times since that decade’s architecture can an idea have gone so blitheringly wrong nor been adhered to with such tenacity in the face of all contrary evidence than in the fragile sphere of education.