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UK
/fˈuːlɪʃli/
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[ US /ˈfuɫɪʃɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈfuɫɪʃɫi/ ]
ADVERB
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without good sense or judgment
He acted foolishly when he agreed to come
How To Use foolishly In A Sentence
- A swarm of princesses totter on stage, got up like topiary on legs in every shade of scarlet, crimson, cerise, cochineal, each foolishly imagining Prince Charming must choose her as his red queen. Cendrillon; Rinaldo – review
- The deputy mayor, Louise Schroeder, foolishly and without our knowledge, took forty-odd plainclothesmen from Western sectors over to keep order. Daring Young Men
- Those who foolishly seek power by riding on the back of the tiger and up inside.
- If I hadn't loved Dinky-Dunk, fondly, foolishly, abandonedly, there would have been no little Dinkie and Poppsy and Pee-Wee. The Prairie Mother
- I left Chop Suey slightly bruised from getting in the way of an impromptu one-man mosh pit and grinning foolishly, which is the way all the best shows end. The Parson Red Heads and Blitzen Trapper at Chop Suey | Seattle Metblogs
- Lord Allen may have been wrong in his head, or ill-advised, or foolishly over-zealous, but his ill-tempered upbraiding of the Dublin Corporation for what he called their treasonable extravagance in thus honouring Swift, whom he deemed an enemy of the King, was the act of a fool. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish
- Bvt as it hath bene alwayes reputed a great fault to vse figuratiue speaches foolishly and indiscretly, so is it esteemed no lesse an imperfection in mans vtterance, to haue none vse of figure at all, specially in our writing and speaches publike, making them but as our ordinary talke, then which nothing can be more vnsauourie and farre from all ciuilitie. The Arte of English Poesie
- It's just this wild, indescribable experience which I will now foolishly and crazily attempt to describe.
- Then did one of the Monstruwacans report that a new and terrible Influence was abroad in the Land; and by the instrument, we had knowledge that it approached; and some of the Monstruwacans called foolishly with weak voices to the Ten-thousand to haste; forgetting, and desiring only their safety from that which came near. The Night Land: Chapter 4
- And how awful that poor Mary dies as she lived — stupidly, clumsily, in "bewilderment," running foolishly back and forth. The Prime of Ms. Muriel Spark