Definition of Dumpily

1. in a dumpy manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumpily

dumpage
dumpages
dumpbin
dumpbins
dumpcart
dumpcarts
dumped
dumped one's load
dumpee
dumpees
dumper
dumpers
dumpier
dumpies
dumpiest
dumpily (current term)
dumpiness
dumpinesses
dumping
dumping one's load
dumping syndrome
dumpings
dumpish
dumple
dumpled
dumples
dumpling
dumplings
dumplingy

Literary usage of Dumpily

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recollections of an Alienist, Personal and Professional by Allan McLane Hamilton (1916)
"... into my face by the pudgy, sedate and rosin-backed horse who dumpily circled to the music of the blaring band, and the hoarse orders of the ringmaster. ..."

2. A Year on the Punjab Frontier, in 1848-49 by Herbert Benjamin Edwardes (1851)
"... and as I see him, in my mind's eye at this moment, with his long brown ringlets hanging dumpily over the massive shield on his shoulders, ..."

3. The One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment New York State Volunteers: A by Cornelius Van Santvoord (1894)
"dumpily, Peter. 25. July 17, 1861. Newark, NJ Transferred from Company F, 72nd NYV, June 20, 1864. Discharged by reason of expiration of term of service ..."

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