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In a foolish manner.

To talk foolishly, or nonsensically. G. Eliot.

or flout; a sharp jest or taunt; a trick. He that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolishly, although he smart, Not to seem senseless of the bob. Shak.

Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.] The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. R. B. Kimball. Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it rece…

To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. [Scot.] Jamieson.

To behave foolishly. [Obs.]

To act foolishly. [Obs.] He wol make him doten anon right. Chaucer.

e: To play at ducks and drakes, with property, to throw it away heedlessly or squander it foolishly and unprofitably. -- Lame duck. See under Lame.

th confidence or exultation; to elevate or flush with success; to puff up; to make proud. Foolishly elated by spiritual pride. Warburton. You ought not be elated at the chance mishaps of your enemies. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

ved in place of the thing as, to exchange a palace for cell. And death for life exchanged foolishly. Spenser. To shift his being Is to exchange one misery with another. Shak.

Foolishly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.

Foolishly. [Archaic] Verstegan (1673). Make him speak fondly like a frantic man. Shak.

Foolishly; fondly. [Obs.] Spenser.

nd shook off By him for whom these shames ye underwent. Shak. To fool away, to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage.

Foolishly hasty. [R.]

Foolishly liberal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold. Howell.

To maunder; to talk foolishly; to chatter. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.