mutteringly
- a word derived from mutter.
Example Sentences
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He speaks rapidly, mutteringly, in great long paragraphs full of observation and introspection and drollery and doubt, generally frowning at the floor while he does so.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2016
He, mutteringly: "I can tell she's going to upstage me."
From Time Magazine Archive
And as he did so, I heard the steady sough of talk among the people rise mutteringly in a low growl of anger and contempt.
From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
McGary mutteringly replied, “I’ll see to that;” and dismounting, entered the circle around the prisoners.
From Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
"There's not much hospitality for poverty," rejoins a third, mutteringly.
From Our World, Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)
