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bumbly

bumbly adjective: bumbling; inept or clumsy.

Adjective

bumbly (comparative more bumbly, superlative most bumbly)

  1. bumbling; inept or clumsy

Forms of bumbly

comparativemore bumbly
superlativemost bumbly

Origin of bumbly

From bumble + -y.

Questions about bumbly

What does bumbly mean?
Bumbly means bumbling; inept or clumsy.
What part of speech is bumbly?
Bumbly is an adjective.

Words near bumbly in the dictionary

  1. bumblesome
  2. bumbling
  3. bumbling along
  4. bumblingly
  5. bumblings
  6. bumbly
  7. bumbo
  8. bumboat
  9. bumboater
  10. bumboaters
  11. bumboatman

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