lumpily

Adverb

lumpily (comparative more lumpily, superlative most lumpily)

1. In a lumpy manner, with lumps.
   • I had no idea that anything in the shape of a horse could be so limp as that, either living or dead. His wild mane hung down lumpily, a mere mass of inanimate horsehair; his aggressive ears had collapsed, but as he went swaying slowly across the front of the bridge I noticed an astute gleam in his...1912, Joseph Conrad, chapter 4, in A Personal Record
   • An hour later, he had paid about $3.25, been talked through the workings of a small bank of stainless-steel machines, and was leaving with a bag of fluffy if lumpily folded clothes.2011 February 1, Stephanie Nolen, “India makes a clean start with first laundromat”, in The Globe and Mail
2. Like a lump; awkwardly, heavily, ponderously.
   • He'd stuck his hands in his pockets as I came in, and he sat down lumpily in his chair.1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, “chapter 4”, in The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC
   • “You’ll feel better when you’ve drunk this’m,” said the parlourmaid lumpily, pouring out some tea.1922, Arnold Bennett, Lilian, Part IV, Chapter 1