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thickheadedly

thickheadedly adverb: in a thickheaded manner.

Adverb

thickheadedly (comparative more thickheadedly, superlative most thickheadedly)

  1. In a thickheaded manner
    • Here he plays LA cop Frank Drebin, thickheadedly matching his wits against wealthy villain Vincent Ludwig (Ricardo Montalban)--who, for reasons that remain obscure to me, is plotting the assassination of Queen Elizabeth II (played by look-alike Jeannette Charles) at a California Angels baseball...1988 December 9, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Anything for a Laugh”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016

Forms of thickheadedly

comparativemore thickheadedly
superlativemost thickheadedly

Origin of thickheadedly

From thickheaded + -ly.

Questions about thickheadedly

What does thickheadedly mean?
Thickheadedly means in a thickheaded manner.
What part of speech is thickheadedly?
Thickheadedly is an adverb.

Words near thickheadedly in the dictionary

  1. thicketsful
  2. thickety
  3. thickflowing
  4. thickhead
  5. thickheaded
  6. thickheadedly
  7. thickheadedness
  8. thickheads
  9. thickie
  10. thickies
  11. thicking

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