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Definition of Groping
1. Adjective. Acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence. "A groping effort to understand"
Definition of Groping
1. Verb. (present participle of ''grope'') ¹
2. Noun. An act of groping; a grope. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Groping
1. grope [v] - See also: grope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groping
Literary usage of Groping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by Scottish History Society (1894)
"... by reason of the necessity of groping in order to get into it/ Whatever be
the derivation of the word, it is probable that the witty doctor suggested a ..."
2. Cleveland Era: A Chronicle of the New Order in Politics by Henry Jones Ford (1919)
"... II POLITICAL groping AND PARTY FLUCTUATION PRESIDENT GARFIELD'S career was
cut short so soon after his accession to office that he had no opportunity of ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... For a long time students were uncertainly groping for an answer to the question
how to decide concerning the origin of the Pentateuch, 5. ..."
4. The Bookman (1907)
"And then he followed one man in particular through the events of the day, and
pictured him groping his way blindly out from the gallery, a broken, ..."
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