adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.] In a vapid manner.
1809. T. E. Hook, Killing no Murder, 50.
Now for fun, for mirth, and jollity; | |
Merrily, happily let us seize the time that flies so terribly rapidly. | |
Sages grave, we leave dull folly tye, | |
Prejudice whispering that you must pass your hours most wondrously vapidly. |
1847. in Webster.
1880. Ouida, Moths, xx. She seemed to herself so useless, so stupidly, vapidly, frivolously useless.
1888. Times, 24 Sept., 9/5. If they were become simply unintelligible or vapidly dull, the wonder would be less.