dumbly

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/ˈdʌmli/

Definition of dumbly

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

In a silent way.

“On the flat behind the mill, dawn-rising Chinamen shogged with nimble bare feet under their yoke-linked watering-cans. These busy brethren, meeting sometimes on the same narrow track, would pause, ant-like, seemingly to dumbly regard one another and their burdens, then, still ant-like, pass silently to their work.”
“I handed it dumbly to my friend, who had the grace to giggle.”
“We both stared at it dumbly, wondering why she had done such a thing, when suddenly something remarkable began to happen.”

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adv

In a silent way.

“On the flat behind the mill, dawn-rising Chinamen shogged with nimble bare feet under their yoke-linked watering-cans. These busy brethren, meeting sometimes on the same narrow track, would pause, ant-like, seemingly to dumbly regard one another and their burdens, then, still ant-like, pass silently to their work.”
“I handed it dumbly to my friend, who had the grace to giggle.”
“We both stared at it dumbly, wondering why she had done such a thing, when suddenly something remarkable began to happen.”
(derogatory, informal)In an unsmart way.

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From dumb + -ly.

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