stumbly
English
Etymology
stumble + -y
Adjective
stumbly (comparative stumblier or more stumbly, superlative stumbliest or most stumbly)
- prone to stumble
- 1999 June 25, Howard L., “Confessions of a Lab Rat”, in Chicago Reader:
- I feel stumbly, and when I try to find the door for the stairwell I walk into the bathroom instead.
- 2007 July 5, Virginia Heffernan, “Hey, Adrift and Famous? Do a Celebreality Show!”, in New York Times:
- And on tonight’s episode, when she faces a crisis the reactions to her incoherent TV interviews last January the carefully created sentences she uses to explain her slurry, stumbly self-presentation says it all.
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