stumbly

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1. prone to stumble

   I feel stumbly, and when I try to find the door for the stairwell I walk into the bathroom instead.

   1999 June 25, Howard L., “Confessions of a Lab Rat”, in Chicago Reader

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   And on tonight’s episode, when she faces a crisis — the reactions to her incoherent TV interviews last January — the carefully created sentences she uses to explain her slurry, stumbly self-presentation says it all.

   2007 July 5, Virginia Heffernan, “Hey, Adrift and Famous? Do a Celebreality Show!”, in New York Times