Synonyms for fatuously
fatu·ous·ly

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1. fatuouslyadverb

   With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.

   Synonyms:
   idiotically, stupidly, foolishly

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1. fatuously, inanelyadverb

   vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish

   Synonyms:
   inanely

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How to use fatuously in a sentence?

1. Evelyn Waugh, Work Suspended (1943):

   Beavers bred in captivity, inhabiting a concrete pool, will, if given the timber, fatuously go through all the motions of damming and ancestral stream.