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Definition of Lumpily
1. lumpy [adv] - See also: lumpy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumpily
Literary usage of Lumpily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Intensives and Down-toners: A Study in English Adverbs by Cornelis Stoffel (1901)
"'trampeln'; Punch 1871 I 195b : «Mary comes down lumpily . ... The adverb lumpily
in the last Punch quotation means 'heavily awkwardly, ..."
2. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad (1920)
"A white beard with amber streaks hung lumpily down to his waist. He blinked his
creased eyelids at me in a bewildered way. 'How do you do? how do you do? ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1791)
"... it was lumpily got under, through the exertions of, all ranks of people.
Providentially the evening was ..."
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