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dumbly
adverb
Mutely
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ˈdʌmli
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adverb
Mutely
“I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope”
adverb
Stupidly or insensitively
“He had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone”
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I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope
He had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
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