stupidly

adv

1. In a stupid manner.

   “She gazed stupidly after him.”

   “She was so modest, so expressive, she had looked so soft in her thin white gown that he felt he had acted stupidly.”

   “"Don't we behave just as stupidly in our pursuit of happiness - don't we?" Simpson nodded dejectedly.”

   “As I write this, drivers' union ASLEF has announced yet another series of one-day strikes, because ministers are stupidly insisting that the modest below-inflation pay rise they have offered drivers still comes with strings attached over working conditions.”

2. To an extreme or excessive degree; absurdly.

   “He is so—so proud of his money, and thinks every one ought to be as stupidly rich as he is himself.”

   “As well as being stupidly hungry I had a raging thirst.”