dumbly

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dumbly

/ˈdʌmli/

Rhymes with -ʌmli

adverb more dumbly · most dumbly

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
Similar: silently
derogatory, informal In an unsmart way.

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@misc{dumbly_2026,
  title = {dumbly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dumbly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}