"stupidly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-stupidly.wav [US] Forms: more stupidly [comparative], most stupidly [superlative]
Etymology: stupid + -ly Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|stupid|ly}} stupid + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} stupidly (comparative more stupidly, superlative most stupidly)
  1. In a stupid manner. Synonyms (in a stupid manner): carelessly, foolishly, irresponsibly Translations (in a stupid manner): estúpidament (Catalan), stulte (Esperanto), stupidement (French), bêtement (French), sotliche (Middle English), estupidamente (Portuguese), stupid (Romanian), prostește (Romanian), estúpidamente (Spanish), మొద్దుగా (moddugā) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-stupidly-en-adv-ywSEvKSl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'in a stupid manner': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'in a stupid manner': 100 0
  2. To an extreme or excessive degree; absurdly. Synonyms (to an extreme degree): absurdly
    Sense id: en-stupidly-en-adv-YoqqSJ8g Disambiguation of 'to an extreme degree': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ridiculously, extremely

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