torpidly r in a daze; in a dazed manner Usage(s) Blinking in the unfamiliar glare of political freedom, the Japanese torpidly responded to their long-awaited, cherry-blossomed independence. They sit torpidly through classes and wonder why the professors are so boresome. And Jackson's CDs, which sold torpidly in the past few years, were again best sellers. Synonym(s) dazedly