Thesaurus / foolishly
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He wore no hat and scarcely needed one, and while his physique was that of a mighty man his face was foolishly weak and vain.
DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMONDThe most myopic of creatures could have seen that Anne was foolishly in love with her rascal husband.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEIn her dim, cushioned corner Mollie Gretna lay back against the wall, her face pale and her weak mouth foolishly agape.
DOPESAX ROHMERI have foolishly undertaken to write music for a ballet Cinderella, at a very small fee.
THE LIFE & LETTERS OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKYMODESTE TCHAIKOVSKYWhen any new danger threatens they lay the blame on Moses; they even foolishly regret that they had not died in Egypt.
BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY, VOLUME IIJOHN LORDSometimes human societies have built so foolishly upon it that the result has been collapse.
TABOO AND GENETICSMELVIN MOSES KNIGHT, IVA LOWTHER PETERS, AND PHYLLIS MARY BLANCHARDIt was all that I could say, and then all of a sudden I came to myself and stood there laughing very foolishly.
A LITTLE UNION SCOUTJOEL CHANDLER HARRISHe kicked his legs into the air, rolled around, wallowed and otherwise acted foolishly.
THE RED COW AND HER FRIENDSPETER MCARTHURBut Danny was of late becoming foolishly obstinate in his sprees, and less disposed to "git" when a landlord had done with him.
OVER THE SLIPRAILSHENRY LAWSONHe felt that he had acted foolishly, and his reluctance to tell his story to his young friends, therefore, was only natural.
TWO BOYS IN WYOMINGEDWARD S. ELLISWORDS RELATED TO FOOLISHLY
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