dumbly

Examples

• All

• I nodded dumbly, wondering whether we were talking about faith or fishing.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Whale sits up in bed, staring dumbly at the morning paper.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Others stare dumbly, trying to figure out how to get home.

  Fiction book (2001)

• "Considering how long I spend dumbly staring at women, I have a lot of opinions."

  Blog text (26)

• "Are you all right?" The boy stared dumbly at him for a moment, then recognition registered on his face.

  Fiction book (1991)

• "What was it?" Seguilo stared dumbly up into the sky.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Workman stood dumbly in the light that streamed into her room.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I just completely blanked out and just stood there dumbly at the front of the class and finally just had to kind of sit back down, red faced, not having said a word.

• I nodded dumbly at him, and he stepped into the road and flagged down a taxi.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Staring dumbly at Cullins' retreating back, Frankie burned a batch of toast beyond repair.

  Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

M

mutely

vsdumbly

3 5.6

Without speaking or making any sound

shows inability or unwillingness to speak rather than neutral silence

S

speechlessly

vsdumbly

1 5.6

Not able to speak because of shock or strong feeling

is broader, showing inability or unwillingness to speak without emotional cause

Antonyms

A

articulately

4 4.9

In a clear, fluent way that makes ideas easy to understand

E

expressively

1 3.7

In a way that shows feelings and thoughts clearly

How Silent

speechlessly

1 5.6

dumbly

3 7.4

silently

129 1.2

quietly

517 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology