stumblinglyadv.
/ˈstʌmblɪŋli/, U.S. /ˈstəmb(ə)lɪŋli/ In a stumbling manner.
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. I4 I know not, whether to meruaile more, either that he [sc. Chaucer] in that mistie time, could see so clearely, or that wee in this cleare age, walke so stumblingly after him.
1879 R. Browning Martin Relph 95 A Man,..Who staggeringly, stumblingly, rises, falls, rises.
1915 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 491/2 I stumblingly descended the rugged bank.
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