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To which, after an awkward moment’s pause, he replied stutteringly, “Really? Could you do that? How would you cover Japan?”

From The Guardian • May 25, 2016

George Michael agrees and stutteringly introduces himself to Rebel as George Maharis.

From The Guardian • May 28, 2013

A harsh grinding, unmusical as emery upon hollow bronze, rasped stutteringly in the head phones.

From Peter the Brazen A Mystery Story of Modern China by Hoskins, Gayle Porter

His helio-vanes were still twirling, limply, stutteringly, bent and twisted, but gripping the air sufficiently to brake his crushed plane's fall.

From When the Sleepers Woke by Zagat, Arthur Leo

Then, as it were cleaving the silence, a voice said stutteringly: "Who cares about the significance of the word 'truth'?"

From Through Russia by Hogarth, C. J.