Inanely

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inane \In*ane"\, a. [L. inanis.]
     Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence;
     purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and
     inane instincts." --I. Taylor. -- {In*ane"ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inanely
       adv : vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish [syn: {fatuously}]