Dumbly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dumbly \Dumb"ly\, adv.
     In silence; mutely.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dumbly
       adv 1: in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so
              obtusely expected to find her alone" [syn: {densely},
              {obtusely}]
       2: in an inarticulate manner; "I nodded dumbly and he slit the
          envelope"