fumblingly

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adverb

In a fumbling manner; while fumbling.

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Meanings

adverbfumblingly (comparative more fumblingly, superlative most fumblingly)

comparative more fumblingly · superlative most fumblingly

  1. In a fumbling manner; while fumbling.

    Fumblingly she groped and groped, till the burning blood gushed from her nose and mouth; then, mercifully, her tired senses swooned, and she fell with her head resting on the tree.

    1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 299

Origin

From fumbling + -ly.

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fumblingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumblingly

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Chicago

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