Verb (used without object) : She fumbled in her purse for the keys. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to fumble an attempt; He fumbled his way through the crowded room. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : We completed the difficult experiment without a fumble. From Dictionary.com.
Sir Roger laughed when I had fumblingly translated. From Wordnik.com. [The High Crusade]
Once more he drew blaster fumblingly and laid it on the rock. From Wordnik.com. [Night of masks]
Glory said fumblingly, not quite sure of how to ask the right questions. From Wordnik.com. [The Warslayer]
She fumblingly opened the bedroom door and flew out of the room, sobbing. From Wordnik.com. [Baby Games] Reference
It is a rather Shatner-esque photo, is what I'm fumblingly trying to say. From Wordnik.com. [Fresca, 7-Up] Reference
Pretending that the cork was stuck he worked with it fumblingly to get time in which to think. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
He put up his dukes very fumblingly, and his attitude was decidedly of the "head-over-tip" character. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 7, 1891] Reference
Haltingly and somewhat fumblingly she does at length manage to compass the first rudiments of her lesson. From Wordnik.com. [Patriotic Plays and Pageants for Young People] Reference
An unreasoning haste had possession of me, and I worked fumblingly and badly, like a man with fear behind him. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
Martin Holliday climbed slowly out of the shuttle's lock and moved fumblingly down the stairs, leaning on the attendant's arm. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
I did not know how to regain the less from the greater, but I tried fumblingly to see green grass under my feet, colour about me. From Wordnik.com. [Year of the Unicorn]
The senator has tried, fumblingly at times, to care for his extended family, and Willie and Patrick share a bond: they both suffered badly from asthma as boys. From Wordnik.com. [What Happened In Palm Beach?] Reference
Then slowly, fumblingly at first, they communicate. From Wordnik.com. [Broward-Palm Beach New Times | Complete Issue] Reference
He helped himself fumblingly to six cigarettes and put them in his pocket. From Wordnik.com. [Died in the Wool]
The kid fumblingly calculates on his fingers before replying: I'll say eight. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
I meditate much, ignorantly and fumblingly, on the modes and purposes of writing. From Wordnik.com. [Pipefuls] Reference
Ashton was certainly a mystery to me at first; I fumblingly described her as the EuroPalin. From Wordnik.com. [International Political Economy Zone] Reference
He no longer saw anything before him; his life was again buried in mystery where he wandered fumblingly. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
The hand left her shoulder and fumblingly touched her face, feeling blindly over its tear-washed surface. From Wordnik.com. [The Emigrant Trail] Reference
When he fumblingly orders a Brandy Alexander, he confirms what we have suspected: He's in way over his head. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The Festival was a rather hit and miss affair, with that awkward, fumblingly vibe so often accompanying first times. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
She dressed fumblingly as if she were still in her dream, and they walked to the station-shed whither the baggage had already gone. From Wordnik.com. [Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land] Reference
Juliana's bedroom, groped her way fumblingly in and found Miss Juliana sitting up in her sleep and posing the darkness with a problem. From Wordnik.com. [Superseded] Reference
The dug-out was chilly after sundown and he reached fumblingly for his blanket, found himself lying upon it and awkwardly wriggled under. From Wordnik.com. [Where the Souls of Men are Calling] Reference
She tried to go back to bed, but at six she was up again, dressed fumblingly, finally sliding the linen jacket over an unbuttoned blouse. From Wordnik.com. [Star-Dust] Reference
The mole paddled fumblingly away. From Wordnik.com. [The Prussian Officer and Other Stories] Reference
Blindly, fumblingly right. From Wordnik.com. [The Place Beyond the Winds] Reference
Othman fumblingly tried to obey. From Wordnik.com. [On Land and Sea at the Dardanelles] Reference
Jehan took the pitcher fumblingly. From Wordnik.com. [The Grey Cloak] Reference
He took the watch into his hand fumblingly. From Wordnik.com. [Under Western Eyes] Reference
The convict fumblingly took him by the throat. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Slade at Temple Camp] Reference
They touched it fumblingly and were impressed. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
Fanny's fingers reached for them too, fumblingly. From Wordnik.com. [Fanny Herself] Reference
"as fumblingly and poorly-told as it is,". From Wordnik.com. [Dooku] Reference
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