idiotically

English

Etymology

From idiotic +‎ -ally.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

idiotically (comparative more idiotically, superlative most idiotically)

1. In an idiotic manner.
   • 1987 October 16, Janet Maslin, “Film: 'Too Outrageous,' a Sequel”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     The agents, particularly a woman named Betty (Lynne Cormack), gush idiotically about what great potential Robin has, and dream of revamping his act so antiseptically that they can bill him as "Canada's Comic Illusionist," instead of the specialty performer that he clearly is.

Translations

in an idiotic manner

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愚蠢地 (zh) (yúchǔn de)

• Esperanto: idiote
• Finnish: idioottimaisesti (fi)
• French: idiotement (fr)
• Persian: احمقانه (fa) (ahmaqâne)
• Russian: по-идио́тски (ru) (po-idiótski)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: идѝотски

  Roman: idìotski (sh)

• Tajik: аҳмақона (ahmaqona)
• Urdu: احمقانہ (ahmaqānā)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “idiotically”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “idiotically”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.