Dumbly — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

in a stupid manner

in an inarticulate manner

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɪnˈæmɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/dˈʌmli/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dˈʌmli/

2 syllables Say it as /ɪnˈæmɚz/.

Examples

he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone
I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

obtusely densely

Parts of Speech

adverb	in a stupid manner “he had so rapaciously desired and so obtusely expected to find her alone”
adverb	in an inarticulate manner “I nodded dumbly and he slit the envelope”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dumm

auf eine dumme Art und Weise

🇫🇷French

bêtement

d'une manière stupide

🇪🇸Spanish

tontamente

de una manera estúpida

🇮🇹Italian

stupidamente

in modo stupido

🇳🇱Dutch

stom

op een domme manier

🇵🇹Portuguese

estupidamente

de uma maneira estúpida

🇷🇺Russian

тупо

глупым образом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मूर्खतापूर्वक

मूर्खतापूर्ण तरीके से

🇧🇩Bengali

বোবা

একটি বোকা উপায়ে

🇮🇳Tamil

ஊமையாக

ஒரு முட்டாள்தனமான முறையில்

🇮🇳Telugu

మూగగా

తెలివితక్కువ పద్ధతిలో

🇮🇳Marathi

मूर्खपणे

मूर्ख रीतीने

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂંગું

મૂર્ખ રીતે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೂಕನಾಗಿ

ಮೂರ್ಖ ರೀತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഊമയായി

ഒരു മണ്ടൻ രീതിയിൽ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੂੰਗੇ

ਇੱਕ ਮੂਰਖ ਤਰੀਕੇ ਨਾਲ

🇵🇰Urdu

گونگا

احمقانہ انداز میں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

默默地

以一种愚蠢的方式

🇯🇵Japanese

愚かに

愚かなやり方で

🇰🇷Korean

멍청하게

어리석게

🇻🇳Vietnamese

ngu ngốc

một cách ngu ngốc

🇹🇭Thai

อย่างโง่เขลา

ในลักษณะโง่เขลา

🇮🇩Indonesian

dengan bodohnya

dengan cara yang bodoh

🇵🇭Filipino

tulala

sa isang hangal na paraan

🇲🇾Malay

dengan bodoh

dengan cara yang bodoh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

بغباء

بطريقة غبية

🇮🇷Persian

احمقانه

به شیوه ای احمقانه

🇹🇷Turkish

aptalca

🇮🇱Hebrew

בטמטום

בצורה מטופשת

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The primary meaning of 'dumbly' is 'in a stupid manner'.

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