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Definition of Stumbly
1. apt to stumble [adj STUMBLIER, STUMBLIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stumbly
Literary usage of Stumbly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"T. Burned Theory of the Earth. stumbly (stum'bli), a. ... The miserable horses
of the peasants are awfully slow and very stumbly. The Century, XL. 670. ..."
2. James Russell Lowell: A Biography by Horace Elisha Scudder (1901)
"Well, I addled my brains over 'em — my tables were heaped, my floor stumbly with
my a-versions, as I called them when I looked at them, my in-versions when ..."
3. James Russell Lowell: A Biography by Horace Elisha Scudder (1901)
"Well, I addled my brains over 'em — my tables were heaped, my floor stumbly with
my a-versions, as I called them when I looked at them, my in-versions when ..."
4. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"pretty while; then rashly thought of gaining the summit for a grand view
northward;—but ere long the ground became altogether stumbly; I hastily dismounted, ..."
5. New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle (1903)
"pretty while; then rashly thought of gaining the summit for a grand view
northward;—but ere long the ground became altogether stumbly; I hastily dismounted, ..."
6. The English Illustrated Magazine (1906)
"My thoughts lost sequence, my blood seemed afire, and though the ground was rough
and stumbly, I verily walked on air. And at the ledge we stopped and gazed ..."
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