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idiotically

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adv

Meaning 1

In an idiotic manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in an idiotic manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • what arouses the indignation of the honest satirist is not the fact that people in positions of power or influence behave idiotically

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English idiotic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English idiotically From idiotic + -ally.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 愚蠢地 (yúchǔn de) — in an idiotic manner
  • Esperanto: idiote — in an idiotic manner
  • Finnish: idioottimaisesti — in an idiotic manner
  • French: idiotement — in an idiotic manner
  • Italian: idiotamente — in an idiotic manner
  • Persian: احمقانه (ahmaqâne) — in an idiotic manner
  • Polish: idiotycznie — in an idiotic manner
  • Russian: по-идио́тски (po-idiótski) — in an idiotic manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: идѝотски — in an idiotic manner
  • Serbo-Croatian: idìotski — in an idiotic manner
  • Tajik: аҳмақона (ahmaqona) — in an idiotic manner
  • Turkish: salakça — in an idiotic manner
  • Turkish: aptalca — in an idiotic manner
  • Turkish: malca — in an idiotic manner
  • Urdu: احمقانہ (ahmaqānā) — in an idiotic manner