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In some senses, dumbly is marked as derogatory, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
dumbly
/ˈdʌmli/
adv 2
Collocations
2VERB + DUMBLY
handed
DUMBLY + NOUN
friend
Definitions
adv
1
In a silent way.
On the flat behind the mill, dawn-rising Chinamen shogged with nimble bare feet under their yoke-linked watering-cans. These busy brethren, meeting sometimes on the same narrow track, would pause, ant-like, seemingly to dumbly regard one another and their burdens, then, still ant-like, pass silently to their work.
I handed it dumbly to my friend, who had the grace to giggle.
2
In an unsmart way.
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Synonyms
adverb — in a stupid manner
- densely
- obtusely
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Idioms & Phrases
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On the flat behind the mill, dawn-rising Chinamen shogged with nimble bare feet under their yoke-linked watering-cans. These busy brethren, meeting sometimes on the same narrow track, would pause, ant
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I handed it dumbly to my friend, who had the grace to giggle.
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