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PRONUNCIATION OF DUMBLY

dumbly  [ˈdʌmlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DUMBLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dumbly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES DUMBLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dumbly in the English dictionary

The definition of dumbly in the dictionary is speechlessly, especially because of shock.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DUMBLY


awesomely
ˈɔːsəmlɪ
Bromley
ˈbrɒmlɪ
calmly
ˈkɑːmlɪ
comely
ˈkʌmlɪ
drumly
ˈdrʌmlɪ
extremely
ɪkˈstriːmlɪ
firmly
ˈfɜːmlɪ
glumly
ˈɡlʌmlɪ
grumly
ˈɡrʌmlɪ
homely
ˈhəʊmlɪ
humlie
ˈhʌmlɪ
namely
ˈneɪmlɪ
numbly
ˈnʌmlɪ
randomly
ˈrændəmlɪ
rumly
ˈrʌmlɪ
timely
ˈtaɪmlɪ
uncomely
ʌnˈkʌmlɪ
uniformly
ˈjuːnɪˌfɔːmlɪ
untimely
ʌnˈtaɪmlɪ
warmly
ˈwɔːmlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DUMBLY

dumb show
dumb terminal
dumb waiter
dumb-ass
dumb-cane
Dumbarton
Dumbarton Oaks
dumbbell
dumbfound
dumbfounded
dumbfounder
dumbhead
dumbing down
dumbledore
dumbness
dumbo
dumbshit
dumbstricken
dumbstruck
dumbwaiter

WORDS THAT END LIKE DUMBLY

assembly
brambly
constituent assembly
crumbly
disassembly
General Assembly
grumbly
home assembly
House of Assembly
humbly
jumbly
legislative assembly
mumbly
National Assembly
reassembly
rumbly
self-assembly
stumbly
unlawful assembly
Welsh Assembly

Synonyms and antonyms of dumbly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dumbly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DUMBLY

Find out the translation of dumbly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dumbly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dumbly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

默默地
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin decir nada
570 millions of speakers

English

dumbly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dumbly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أخرس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тупо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dumbly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dumbly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bêtement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dumbly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

stumm
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無言で
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dumbly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dumbly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngớ ngẩn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dumbly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निरुपयोगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aptalca
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in silenzio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tępo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тупо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

năucit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dumbly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dom
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stumt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dumbly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dumbly

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DUMBLY»

The term «dumbly» is regularly used and occupies the 67.541 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of dumbly
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DUMBLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dumbly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dumbly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dumbly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUMBLY»

Discover the use of dumbly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dumbly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Starting School (Routledge Revivals)
They stand up and shake hands with the visitor, then tumble in a sqealing tangle of legs, heads, arms onto Mr Dumbly. Mr Dumbly is a huge teddy bear, and Grahame is shouting 'Hands together, Mr Dumbly, say y'prayers.' Mr Dumbly ignores ...
Brian Jackson, 2013
2
The Poetry of James Wright
The woman, who "dumbly bore such pain," was not only the speaker's lover, she was also his mentor, for he, too, tries to bear his pain "dumbly," tries to hold it at bay by not expressing it. The tension between the speaker's words and the pain ...
Andrew Elkins, 1991
3
New and Selected Poems
Beneath the apple branches bent dumbly with the blank weight of their blossoms — the grass and me—completely alive with one thought like a shin struck with an axe: What is the same each summer? I know that the ring of cold slung through ...
Michael Ryan, 2004
4
Librarianship--quo Vadis?: Opportunities and Dangers as We ...
... is not accompanied by a commitment to pay for new staff — particularly professional staff — what have we won? Making Myself Heard I 315 There is a fundamental truth 314 I Library Managers Must Really Lead Looking Dumbly at Ourselves.
Herbert S. White, 2000
5
Pulp: Reading Popular Fiction
Carrie stood dumbly in the center of the forming circle, water rolling from her skin like beads. She stood like a patient ox, aware that the joke was on her (as always ), dumbly embarrassed but unsurprised. Sue felt welling disgust as the first dark ...
Scott McCracken, 1998
6
The Indicator
Dumbly strain they for the shore, Foot to board, and grasp on oar, The billows, panting in the wind, Seem instinct with ghastly mind, And climb like crowding savages At the boat that dares their seas. Dumbly strain they, through and through, ...
7
Essays
Dumbly strain they for the shore, Foot to board, and grasp on oar. The billows, panting in tho wind, Seem instinct with ghastly mind. And climb like crowding savages At the boat that dares their seas. Dumbly strain they through and through, ...
Leigh Hunt, 1841
8
The Indicator: a miscellany for the fields and the fireside. ...
Dumbly strain they for the shore, Foot to board, and grasp on oar. The billows, panting in the wind, Seem instinct with ghastly mind, And climb like crowding savages At the boat that dares their seas. Dumbly strain they through and through, ...
Leigh Hunt, 1845
9
Coping with Joyce: Essays from the Copenhagen Symposium
At the end of her monologue ALP embraces the sexual, imagining her own erotic surrender: "If I seen him bearing down on me now under whitespread wings like he'd come from Arkangels, I sink I'd die down over his feet, humbly, dumbly, only  ...
Morris Beja, Shari Benstock, 1989
10
Aherlow
He gave me such a funny look swinging dumbly on a hook in the shed where Dada kept the motor car up on blocks during the war. Mick Maloney took away our car - that big fat man from Galbally who sold us the wet and dry batteries. He gave ...
Dympna Dreyer, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUMBLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dumbly is used in the context of the following news items.
1
How virtual reality porn could bring about world peace
If that's what a heterosexual woman sees when she has sex – a mess of veins and anger and dumbly moronic facial expressions, uselessly ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Tbilisi zoo tragedy: the pathos of an escaped hippo
... suddenly freed from its zoo enclosure by torrents of water, wandering dumbly and innocently through a new world of streets and floating cars, ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
'Avatar' and 'Korra' Co-Creator Bryan Konietzko Weaves New …
... interconnected planets, promising a more philosophical comics entry in a marketplace still mostly, dumbly bound by patriarchal superheroes. «Cartoon Brew, Jul 15»
4
Ted 2, Seth MacFarlane, and the Age of the Brogressive
I've made no bones about my distaste for the film, but it's rare that a film so dumbly vulgar holds my attention for nearly two weeks after its ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
Terminator Genisys: 'murdering memories' of a great film
Yet like Arnold Schwarzenegger's T-800 robot killing machine, Muir says, "the Terminator series seems dumbly unstoppable, even when it ... «The Week UK, Jul 15»
6
BOMBS FOR SALE
When I tried to explain this to him and usher him out, he looked at me dumbly, not processing what I had said. I tried phrasing it differently, but ... «Oxford American, Jul 15»
7
7 things that prove DC politics is a lot like high school
Every year, the media throws a big schmooze party -- the White House Correspondents Dinner is even referred to, rather dumbly, as "Nerd ... «Washington Post, Jun 15»
8
A Rookie's Road Trip Through Montana, Wyoming and Idaho
Thus we drove through the woods, the Subaru blinking dumbly in the dark. I didn't know that I cut it a little close on a couple of cliffs. It wasn't ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
9
The Metcalfiad
we hear them land as dumbly as fists. And our narrator, who isn't above making a joke of it (“I would make a clever reference to Rosa Parks ... «Oxford American, Jun 15»
10
Film review: Slow West ***
... our hero, taking his leave), or putting up his hand without thinking to block an arrow, then staring dumbly at the arrow sticking out of his hand. «Cyprus Mail, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dumbly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dumbly>. Apr 2024 ».
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