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witlessly
adverb as in crazily
Strong match
Example Sentences
Los Angeles is often caricatured as witlessly Edenic, “the City of Dreadful Joy,” in Aldous Huxley’s pointed phrase.
“The Lears” is a witlessly profane attempt at dark comedy that is beneath the talents of everyone on screen.
A metaphor lurks here: Donald Trump is a tornado, witlessly devastating the world that Michael Lewis has come to love and chronicle.
He couldn’t much abide reading “junk prose,” or watching television or movies, but he was mesmerized and thrilled by sports, and especially the Red Sox: “I sit with my mouth open, witlessly enraptured.”
This is the same country that refused admission to the News fleeing Hitler; confrontation is inevitable with those who witlessly flaunt the rules.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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