Example Sentences

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Meat is the absolute standout feature at APL — which might sound doltishly obvious, except that exceptional steak really isn’t always a given at a steakhouse.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2019

Newsmen grinned doltishly as busy Mr. Willard hurried out the door and went his way.

From Time Magazine Archive

The functionaries are somewhat pitiable; the scion of privilege is doltishly well meaning rather than imperiously smug.

From Time Magazine Archive

They could not hear, but could imagine, and they stared at her doltishly.

From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert