bumblyadj.

Brit.

/ˈbʌmbli/, U.S.

/ˈbəmbli/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bumble v.², -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < bumble v.² + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier bumbling adj.²

Awkward, clumsy, or blundering, esp. in a benign or endearing way. Cf. bumbling adj.²

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1884 R. C. Leslie Let. 30 June in J. Ruskin Dilecta (1886) I. 25 I read French in a bumbly sort of way, like a French yoke of oxen dragging a load of stone uphill upon a cross road.

1926 H. O'Higgins Clara Barron i. 7 She was an awkward, solid, bumbly sort of child.

1966 W. Percy Last Gentleman iv. iv. 157 Now feeling all at once knocked in the head, bumbly and sleepy, he excused himself and crept off to a sunny corner of the garden wall, where he curled up and went to sleep.

1990 Sunday Express 11 Mar. 17/5 There is an endearingly bumbly, rumpled air about him.

2011 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Forum section) 20 I used to watch Hogan's Heroes on TV and thought Nazis were all lovable, bumbly buffoons, but then dad made me watch The World at War.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bumbly
释义	bumblyadj. Brit. /ˈbʌmbli/, U.S. /ˈbəmbli/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bumble v.², -y suffix¹. Etymology: < bumble v.² + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier bumbling adj.² Awkward, clumsy, or blundering, esp. in a benign or endearing way. Cf. bumbling adj.² ΚΠ 1884 R. C. Leslie Let. 30 June in J. Ruskin Dilecta (1886) I. 25 I read French in a bumbly sort of way, like a French yoke of oxen dragging a load of stone uphill upon a cross road. 1926 H. O'Higgins Clara Barron i. 7 She was an awkward, solid, bumbly sort of child. 1966 W. Percy Last Gentleman iv. iv. 157 Now feeling all at once knocked in the head, bumbly and sleepy, he excused himself and crept off to a sunny corner of the garden wall, where he curled up and went to sleep. 1990 Sunday Express 11 Mar. 17/5 There is an endearingly bumbly, rumpled air about him. 2011 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Forum section) 20 I used to watch Hogan's Heroes on TV and thought Nazis were all lovable, bumbly buffoons, but then dad made me watch The World at War. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1884
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