Definition of Foolishly

1. Adverb. Without good sense or judgment. "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come"

Exact synonyms: Unwisely
Partainyms: Foolish
Antonyms: Wisely

Definition of Foolishly

1. adv. In a foolish manner.

Definition of Foolishly

1. Adverb. In a foolish manner. ¹

2. Adverb. Without good judgment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foolishly

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foolishly

foolhardiness
foolhardinesses
foolhardise
foolhardy
foolheartedly
foolhood
foolify
fooling
fooling about
fooling around
foolings
foolish
foolish woman
foolisher
foolishest
foolishly (current term)
foolishness
foolishnesses
foolometer
foolometers
foolproof
fools
fools' errands
fools around
fools rush in where angels fear to tread
foolscap
foolscaps
foom
foon
foons

Literary usage of Foolishly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: To which is by John Jamieson (1880)
"To expect foolishly, to lose time by delaying without reason. ... Quitta rendered, "expects time foolishly, and delays;" GL ..."

2. Rural Rides in the Counties of Surrey, Kent, Sussex, Hants, Berks, Oxford by William Cobbett (1908)
"... that was one step towards doing justice to him, whom their order have so much, so foully, and, if they knew their own interest, so foolishly slandered. ..."

3. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"... foolishly the other day, and spakest against thy conscience and reason, insomuch that thy hearers cried out 4 against thee.' So I left him, ..."

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