mumble
verb (used without object)
to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
mumblingly
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a word derived from
mumble.
Example Sentences
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Phoenix’s performance — already a master class in cowering passivity — becomes mumblingly incoherent and inert.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
"I'm trying to find Kent Parmalee; his aunt wants him!" he added mumblingly, as he began to vaguely shoulder his way through the crowd again.
From The Heart of Rachael by Kathleen Thompson Norris
She was talking, sometimes clearly, and sometimes mumblingly.
From Fanny Herself by Edna Ferber
That seemed to revive him, for he sat up on the carpeted floor, mumblingly, and glowered at her.
From Phantom Wires A Novel by Arthur William Brown
"And the heifer was brown, with one white ear; it was awful cunning," she confided mumblingly.
From The White Linen Nurse by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
