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fatuously — adverb /ˈfæt.ju.əs.li,ˈfætʃ.u.əs.li/ With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically. Will they, like the fellows, judiciously bear a hand in sweeping the stable, or will they fatuously wait to be themselves swept with a besom of… … Wiktionary
fatuously — fatuous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ silly and pointless. DERIVATIVES fatuity noun (pl. fatuities) fatuously adverb fatuousness noun. ORIGIN Latin fatuus foolish … English terms dictionary
fatuously — adverb see fatuous … New Collegiate Dictionary
fatuously — See fatuous. * * * … Universalium
fatuously — adv. stupidly; inanely, foolishly, in a silly manner; in an illusory manner … English contemporary dictionary
fatuously — adverb vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish • Syn: ↑inanely • Derived from adjective: ↑inane (for: ↑inanely), ↑fatuous … Useful english dictionary
fatuous — fatuously, adv. fatuousness, n. /fach ooh euhs/, adj. 1. foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly. 2. unreal; illusory. [1625 35; < L fatuus silly, foolish, idiotic; see OUS] Syn. 1. dense, dull, dim witted. See foolish … Universalium
inanely — adverb vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish • Syn: ↑fatuously • Derived from adjective: ↑inane, ↑fatuous (for: ↑fatuously) … Useful english dictionary
fatuous — adjective Etymology: Latin fatuus foolish Date: 1633 complacently or inanely foolish ; silly < a fatuous remark > Synonyms: see simple • fatuously adverb • fatuousness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
Carmen — is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, [The novella was first published in 1845 in serial form in La… … Wikipedia
