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Less gallant spectators munched hot frankfurters or stretched themselves at length and snored sottishly till wakened by the shouts that meant a sprint, a jam or a tumble.

From Time Magazine Archive

So absurdly wise some, and so sottishly foolish others; and both sometime in the same person.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

Thus sottishly they live till they have no money left.

From The Pirates of Panama or, The Buccaneers of America; a True Account of the Famous Adventures and Daring Deeds of Sir Henry Morgan and Other Notorious Freebooters of the Spanish Main by Williams, George Alfred

Dead: some by their own hands; down and out many, drivelling sottishly of by-gone days; poor prospectors a few, dreaming of a new gold strike.

From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Service, Robert W. (Robert William)

With him Alexander was the veritable demigod whom he sottishly decreed that his subjects should see in him.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)