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stumblingly
adverb
uk /ˈstʌm.bəl.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈstʌm.bəl.ɪŋ.li/
stumblinglyadverb (WALKING)
(of walking) in a way that is awkward or not controlled:
The two men swayed stumblingly about.
I groped my way stumblingly out of the dark room.
He ran stumblingly towards the first aid tent.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
blunder
bumble
dodder
dodderer
doddery
favour
halting
hobble
inflexibly
limp
lollop
lumber
lumpily
teeter
toddle
toil
totter
tottering
trundle
tumble
stumblinglyadverb (WITH MISTAKES)
(of speech) in a way that involves mistakes, such as repeating something or pausing too long:
The youngster stumblingly explained what they had been laughing about.
He stumblingly told her it was over between them.
with difficulty, or involving repeated problems or mistakes:
They were very slowly and stumblingly making progress.
He ran a stumblingly weak campaign.
The commentary was often stumblingly delivered.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ways of speaking
accented
accentual
accentuation
aitch
articulate
asperity
asyndetic
asyndetically
bray
fluent
intone
mispronounce
non-metaphorical
non-verbal
non-verbally
orthoepy
paralanguage
pronounce
singsong
toned
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