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Definition of Stumblingly
1. adv. In a stumbling manner.
Definition of Stumblingly
1. Adverb. In a stumbling way; unsteadily, haltingly. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stumblingly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stumblingly
Literary usage of Stumblingly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Parts of the body in older Germanic and Scandinavian by Torild Washington Arnoldson (1916)
"... walk slowly, stumblingly and unsteadily as a worn out or sick person; ...
set stakes; move clumsily, be awkward; walk stiffly and stumblingly, ..."
2. The Semantic Development of Words for "walk, Run" in the Germanic Languges by Roscoe Myrl Ihrig (1916)
"... walk slowly, stumblingly and unsteadily as a worn out or sick person; ...
set stakes; move clumsily, be awkward; walk stiffly and stumblingly, ..."
3. The Front Yard: And Other Italian Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson (1895)
"Yet they still observed one Hellenic festival,' " she read stumblingly on—stumblingly
because she felt obliged from a sort of fascination to glance every ..."
4. Two Years' Course in English Composition by Charles Lane Hanson (1912)
"And when, at last, I shouldered the coracle and groped my way stumblingly out of
the hollow where I had supped, there were but two points visible on the ..."
5. Two Years' Course in English Composition by Charles Lane Hanson (1912)
"And when, at last, I shouldered the coracle and groped my way stumblingly out of
the hollow where I had supped, there were but two points visible on the ..."
6. English Composition by Charles Lane Hanson (1908)
"And when, at last, I shouldered the coracle and groped my way stumblingly out of
the hollow where I had supped, there were but two points visible on the ..."
7. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (1908)
"And when, at last, I shouldered the coracle, and groped my way stumblingly out
of the hollow where I had supped, there were but two points visible ..."
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