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thickheadedly en · ADV

Etymology

From thickheaded + -ly.

Meanings

  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 game. 1988 December 9, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Anything for a Laugh”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2016:

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more thickheadedly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most thickheadedly Degree=Sup lexicographic