beˈsottedly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
Infatuatedly, stupidly, with mental or moral blindness.
| 1660 Milton Free Commw. Wks. 1738 I. 591 Basely and besottedly to run their necks again into the Yoke. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley i. 4 He was..besottedly arrogant. |