foolishly

1. 1.

   without good sense or judgment

   “He acted foolishly when he agreed to come”

   Synonymsunwisely

   Antonymswisely

Questions about foolishly

What does foolishly mean?

foolishly means "without good sense or judgment".

How many syllables are in foolishly?

foolishly has 3 syllables: foo-lish-ly. The stress falls on "foo". In IPA it is /ˈfulɪʃli/.

What is another word for foolishly?

Close synonyms include unwisely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.