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When he or she starts getting dopily mocked as “boring.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

“This is the ultimate fighter, ultimate everything,” the president claimed as the canine gazed dopily up at its handler.

From Washington Post • Nov. 26, 2019

Patrick Mulryan is so dopily convincing as Jack that when he transforms into Steward, the Prince’s right-hand man, the character suffers the loss of a few IQ points.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2017

She’s a bit cruel, too—while Mike and Dave are hoping, dopily, for easy access, she couldn’t make her lack of interest in Mike any more obvious.

From Time • Jul. 7, 2016

No less pertinent is that there is just something deeply and unquestionably wrong about killing an animal that is so sweetly and dopily unassuming as a moose.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson