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stumbly en · ADJ

Etymology

From stumble + -y.

Meanings

1. prone to stumble
   • And on tonight’s episode, when she faces a crisis — the reactions to her incoherent TV interviews last January — the carefully created sentences she uses to explain her slurry, stumbly self-presentation says it all. 2007 July 5, Virginia Heffernan, “Hey, Adrift and Famous? Do a Celebreality Show!”, in New York Times:
   • I feel stumbly, and when I try to find the door for the stairwell I walk into the bathroom instead. 1999 June 25, Howard L., “Confessions of a Lab Rat”, in Chicago Reader:

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