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totteringly adverb uk /ˈtɒt.ər.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈtɑː.t̬ɚ.ɪŋ.li/ If you walk or move totteringly, you walk or move in a way that looks as if you are about to fall over: She got up and walked totteringly to the front of the stage. He moved along totteringly, as though he had had too much to drink. Eventually I managed to stand up, totteringly at first but then a little more steadily. The fever made him walk feebly and totteringly. Many of the men and women walked totteringly, as if they were not in full control of their limbs. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Moving unsteadily or with difficulty blunder bumble dodder dodderer doddery favour halting hobble inflexibly limp lollop lumber lumpily stumblingly teeter toddle toil totter trundle tumble
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