stumble
verb (used without object)
to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
stumblingly
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a word derived from
stumble.
Example Sentences
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I don’t want to make any clumsy comparisons between the coronavirus and the second world war, I begin stumblingly.
From The Guardian ● May 7, 2020
She also felt increasingly drawn to Catholic churches, where she was deeply moved by the cadences of medieval hymns as she stumblingly learned to pray the rosary.
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2020
It was epiphany time, as Noah stumblingly said, “I failed in the most important job I had, which was to protect you from men like — men like me.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2017
The California vote, then, probably means that nuclear power will develop about as it has: slowly and stumblingly.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now Pearse seized the opening; but when he arose, stumblingly, there was a different expression on his face, a horror-stricken realization of Tomlin's treachery.
From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward
