dumbly

2 definitions found

dumbly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Dumbly \Dumb"ly\, adv.
     In silence; mutely.
     [1913 Webster]

dumbly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  dumbly
      adv 1: in a stupid manner; "he had so rapaciously desired and so
             obtusely expected to find her alone" [syn: dumbly,
             densely, obtusely]
      2: in an inarticulate manner; "I nodded dumbly and he slit the
         envelope"