inanely

1. 1.

   vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish

   Synonymsfatuously

Questions about inanely

What does inanely mean?

inanely means "vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish".

How many syllables are in inanely?

inanely has 4 syllables: i-na-ne-ly. The stress falls on "na".

What is another word for inanely?

Close synonyms include fatuously. 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.

Is inanely a common word?

inanely is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.