foolishly
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fool·ish
(fo͞o′lĭsh)adj.
1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of good sense or judgment; silly: a foolish boy; a foolish purchase.
2. Capable of arousing laughter; absurd or ridiculous: a foolish grin.
3. Embarrassed; abashed: I feel foolish telling you this.
4. Insignificant; trivial: foolish little knickknacks.
fool′ish·ly adv.
fool′ish·ness n.
Synonyms: foolish, absurd, fatuous, ludicrous, preposterous, ridiculous, silly
These adjectives are applied to people or things that show an absence of good judgment or common sense: a foolish expenditure of energy; an absurd idea that is bound to fail; fatuous optimism that does not take the real problem into account; dismissed her ludicrous criticism; a preposterous excuse that no one believed; offered a ridiculous explanation for his tardiness; a silly argument.
These adjectives are applied to people or things that show an absence of good judgment or common sense: a foolish expenditure of energy; an absurd idea that is bound to fail; fatuous optimism that does not take the real problem into account; dismissed her ludicrous criticism; a preposterous excuse that no one believed; offered a ridiculous explanation for his tardiness; a silly argument.
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Adv. | 1. | foolishly - without good sense or judgment; "He acted foolishly when he agreed to come" |
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foolishly
adverb unwisely, stupidly, mistakenly, absurdly, like a fool, idiotically, incautiously, imprudently, ill-advisedly, indiscreetly, short-sightedly, injudiciously, without due consideration He admitted he had acted foolishly.
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Translations
بِغَباء، بِسَخافَه
pošetile
latterligt
fáránlega
nespametno
foolishly
[ˈfuːlɪʃlɪ] ADV → tontamente, como un tontohe saw me standing there, grinning foolishly at him → me vio allí de pie, sonriéndole tontamente or como un tonto
to act foolishly → hacer el tonto
to behave foolishly → portarse como un tonto
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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foolishly
adv (= unwisely) behave, act → unklug, töricht (geh); grin → dumm; say → dummerweise; (introducing sentence) → unklugerweise, törichterweise (geh); you’re being foolishly romantic about it → deine romantische Einstellung dazu ist dumm
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fool
(fuːl) noun a person without sense or intelligence. He is such a fool he never knows what to do.
verb1. to deceive. She completely fooled me with her story.
2. (often with about or around) to act like a fool or playfully. Stop fooling about!
ˈfoolish adjective1. having no sense. He is a foolish young man.
2. ridiculous. He looked very foolish.
ˈfoolishly adverbˈfoolishness noun
ˈfoolhardy adjective
taking foolish risks; rash. He made a foolhardy attempt to climb the mountain in winter.
ˈfoolhardiness nounˈfoolproof adjective
unable to go wrong. His new plan seems completely foolproof.
make a fool of to make (someone) appear ridiculous or stupid. He made a real fool of her by promising to marry her and then leaving her when he had spent all her money.
make a fool of oneself to act in such a way that people consider one ridiculous or stupid. She made a fool of herself at the party.
play the fool to act in a foolish manner, especially with the intention of amusing other people. He always played the fool when the teacher left the classroom.
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