inanely

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inanely - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

inanely - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  inanely
      adv 1: vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish [syn:
             fatuously, inanely]