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Definition of Lumpishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lumpishly
Literary usage of Lumpishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1913)
"Now, when there needs little more than to signify your acceptance, why do you
sit so lumpishly in your great-great-grandfather's oaken chair, ..."
2. The Writings of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Gilbert Ashville Pierce (1894)
"... and would sit heavily among the company at table and wander lumpishly about
his drawing-rooms afterwards, only remarkable for appearing to have nothing ..."
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