What does fatuously mean?
Fatuously means With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically..
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/ˈfæt.ju.əs.li/ · adverb
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 destruction?
Use fatuously when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fatuously means With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically..
Common synonyms include foolishly, idiotically, stupidly, inanely.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 destruction?
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