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dumbly

adverb as in obtusely

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I dumbly mentioned it and it was obviously done in a joking manner, but everyone was like, “So, did you collect on the bet?”

He left her without a word or a backward look towards the seat where she sat dumbly weeping.

She made a little gesture, as if she dumbly answered some futile question, and her hands dropped idly into her lap.

Frequently she looked into his face with a plea dumbly eloquent, but did not again put her fear for him into words.

He sat staring at her dumbly, wondering if he were awake or dreaming.

She looked at him dumbly, unable to keep her lips from twitching.

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On this page you'll find 4 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dumbly, such as: dully, foolishly, and unintelligently.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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