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