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Definition: Dumbly |
DumblyAdverb1. In a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone". 2. In an inarticulate manner; "I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dumbly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: DumblySynonyms: densely (adv), obtusely (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Dumbly |
| English words defined with "dumbly": discombobulated, disconcerted. (references) |
| "Dumbly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 98.31% of the time. "Dumbly" is used about 59 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 98.31% | 58 | 44,427 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.69% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 59 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "dumbly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | stumme (dumb person, mute, mute person). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | némán (mutely), bután (blockishly, butane, foolishly, stupidly). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | umblyday อย่างพู"อะไรไม่ออก. (various references) | ||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Dumbly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bumbly, Cumbley, cumbly, Dambiyn, Demby, Domby, Dounby, dumble, Dumby, Dunolly, rumbly, umbly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-l-m-u-y" | |
-2 letters: duly, dumb. | |
-3 letters: bud, bum, buy, dub, lum, mud, yum. | |
-4 letters: by, mu, my, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-l-m-u-y" | |
+3 letters: bemusedly. | |
+4 letters: lumberyard, molybdenum. | |
+5 letters: denumerably, lumberyards, molybdenums, subdermally, subemployed. | |
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