The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Inane \In*ane"\, a. [L. inanis.] Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and inane instincts." --I. Taylor. -- In*ane"ly, adv. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inanely adv 1: vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish [syn: fatuously, inanely]