quixotically

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He had fooled her--quixotically fooled her, it is true--but fooled her as never woman had been fooled in the world before.

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  • For some reason, many politicians, Gordon Brown included, still quixotically deploy the rhetoric of hope for global action to save the world economy. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • Many of them choose "not at all," hurling themselves quixotically at dam aprons and up spillways. —  Coyote Crossing
  • But here's what I'll be quixotically voting for next Wednesday. —  GreenCine Daily
  • Another great Bootleg virtue is its unearthing of classic songs quixotically left off albums or shunted on to soundtracks. —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • I'm also hoping (perhaps quixotically) that the need for such short-term borrowing might open a space for long-term entitlement reform this year. —  The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan
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