Definition of Numbly

1. Adverb. In a numb manner; without feeling. "I stared at him numbly"

Exact synonyms: Insensibly
Partainyms: Insensible, Numb

Definition of Numbly

1. Adverb. In a numb manner; without feeling. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Numbly

1. in a numb manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Numbly

numberplates
numbers
numbers game
numbers games
numbers juggling
numbers needed to harm
numbers pool
numbers racket
numberwork
numbest
numbfish
numbfishes
numbing
numbingly
numbles
numbly (current term)
numbness
numbnesses
numbnuts
numbre
numbs
numbskull
numbskulled
numbskulls
numby
numchuck
numchucks
numdah
numdah rug
numdahs

Literary usage of Numbly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"... leave them wherever they are; while in your distress, which of the Italian states, which of its cities, shall you not numbly supplicate for aid ? ..."

2. The Statesmen of the Commonwealth of England: With a Treatise on the Popular by John Forster (1846)
"... I will, with all possible diligence, apply myself so soon аз 1 shall understand your pleasure therein, roost numbly beseeching you will take it • into ..."

3. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (1860)
"I numbly take my leaue, farewell Ofelia, And remember well what I haue faid to you. exit. Ofel. It is already lock't within my hart, And you your felfe ..."

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