splutteringlyadv.
/ˈsplʌtərɪŋli/ In a spluttering manner.
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the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > [adverb] > in a mumbling or indistinct manner
closely1564
mafflingly1565
thick1589
fumblingly1598
mumblingly1662
grumblingly1677
mutteringlyc1681
clippingly1849
amutter1856
splutteringly1941
splodgily1963
slurrily1969
1941 Penguin New Writing 10 21 The rifles volleyed splutteringly three times and the funeral was over.
1969 Listener 16 Jan. 85/3 This is often a splutteringly funny book, but the humour seems to me to spring from an underlying sadness and spiritual discomfort.
1978 P. Mason Shaft of Sunlight iii. 47 He..made me try—splutteringly—to explain why the whole of the Rhondda valley could not be sentenced to transportation for life without having even poached a hare.
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