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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stammeringly
Literary usage of Stammeringly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Luttrell of Arran by Charles James Lever (1865)
"I mean," added he, stammeringly, " I told her all I have told you about my sea
life." " I suspect not," said he, smiling. " I rather opine we salt-water ..."
2. A Land-girl's Love Story by Berta Ruck (1919)
"He went on talking, though stammeringly. " You know, I know you both ... We've —
we've exchanged plenty of letters and all that," he went on stammeringly. ..."
3. The Art of Writing English: A Manual for Students, with Chapters on by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn (1899)
"To stammeringly repeat his request. To mutually accept refuse. Slowly to learn.
To write with the greatest clearness. Calmly to state, or To state with ..."
4. Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy (1906)
"He finds a few words, e and with these he stammeringly attempts to convey his
feeling. Later, the tongue voices the more definite thought, though still ..."
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