Lumpily
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a lumpy manner, with lumps.
"I had no idea that anything in the shape of a horse could be so limp as that, either living or dead. His wild mane hung down lumpily, a mere mass of inanimate horsehair; his aggressive ears had collapsed, but as he went swaying slowly across the front of the bridge I noticed an astute gleam in his dreamy, half-closed eye."
- 2 Like a lump; awkwardly, heavily, ponderously.
"He'd stuck his hands in his pockets as I came in, and he sat down lumpily in his chair."
Example
More examples"I had no idea that anything in the shape of a horse could be so limp as that, either living or dead. His wild mane hung down lumpily, a mere mass of inanimate horsehair; his aggressive ears had collapsed, but as he went swaying slowly across the front of the bridge I noticed an astute gleam in his dreamy, half-closed eye."
Etymology
From lumpy + -ly.
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