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simplemindedly

simplemindedly adverb: in a simpleminded manner.

Adverb

simplemindedly (comparative more simplemindedly, superlative most simplemindedly)

  1. In a simpleminded manner.
    • The idea of containment has been given an all too simplemindedly military definition of requirements at the expense of the political underpinning needed to provide the stability of adequate public resolution in the Western democracies.1988, Colin S. Gray, The Geopolitics of Super Power, →ISBN, page 118

Forms of simplemindedly

comparativemore simplemindedly
superlativemost simplemindedly

Origin of simplemindedly

From simpleminded + -ly.

Questions about simplemindedly

What does simplemindedly mean?
Simplemindedly means in a simpleminded manner.
What part of speech is simplemindedly?
Simplemindedly is an adverb.

Words near simplemindedly in the dictionary

  1. simpled
  2. simplehearted
  3. simpleheartedly
  4. simpleheartedness
  5. simpleminded
  6. simplemindedly
  7. simplemindedness
  8. simpleness
  9. simplenesses
  10. simpler
  11. simpler's joy

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