lumpily

UK /ˈlʌmpɪli/ US /ˈlʌmpɪli/
adv 2

Definitions

adv

1

In a lumpy manner, with lumps.

I had no idea that anything in the shape of a horse could be so limp as that, either living or dead. His wild mane hung down lumpily, a mere mass of inanimate horsehair; his aggressive ears had collapsed, but as he went swaying slowly across the front of the bridge I noticed an astute gleam in his dreamy, half-closed eye.

An hour later, he had paid about $3.25, been talked through the workings of a small bank of stainless-steel machines, and was leaving with a bag of fluffy if lumpily folded clothes.

2

Like a lump; awkwardly, heavily, ponderously.

He'd stuck his hands in his pockets as I came in, and he sat down lumpily in his chair.

“You’ll feel better when you’ve drunk this’m,” said the parlourmaid lumpily, pouring out some tea.

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