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stumblingly, adv.|ˈstʌmblɪŋlɪ|
[f. stumbling ppl. a. + -ly2.]
In a stumbling manner.
a1586Sidney Apol. Poet. (Arb.) 62, I know not, whether to meruaile more, either that he [Chaucer] in that mistie time, could see so clearely, or that wee in this cleare age, walke so stumblingly after him. 1879Browning Martin Relph 95 A Man,..Who staggeringly, stumblingly, rises, falls, rises. 1915Chamb. Jrnl. Aug. 491/2, I stumblingly descended the rugged bank. |