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Definition of Fumblingly
1. adv. In the manner of one who fumbles.
Definition of Fumblingly
1. Adverb. In a fumbling manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fumblingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fumblingly
Literary usage of Fumblingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"He no longer saw anything before him; his life was again buried in mystery where
he wandered fumblingly. He had for a moment beheld very close at hand, ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1911)
"For instance, in one series of tests a key, a match and a drinking glass were
used correctly with the right hand and decidedly awkwardly and fumblingly with ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1911)
"For instance, in one series of tests a key, a match and a drinking glass were
used correctly with the right hand and decidedly awkwardly and fumblingly with ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1889)
"He laughed as he took it; then turning to me, as Isabella was fumblingly drawing
the shawl round her, preparatory to starting,— "I've brought your cloak ..."
5. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"... fumblingly.] Good-bye then: to-morrow! Goodnight. SILVIA SETTALA. [Picking a
rose out of the bunch and offering it to him. ..."
6. The Writings of Bret Harte by Bret Harte (1896)
"Had she still waited, she would have seen him rise again with an agonized effort,
stagger to the table, fumblingly refold and replace the papers in the ..."
7. Myths of Greece and Rome, Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Hélène Adeline Guerber (1893)
"Deserted by his companions, Polyphemus spent the night in agony; and, when the
anxious lowing of his herd roused him Ulysses' at break of day, he fumblingly ..."
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