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stumblesome

stumblesome adjective: characterised or marked by stumbling.

Adjective

stumblesome (comparative more stumblesome, superlative most stumblesome)

  1. Characterised or marked by stumbling
    • He walked over, although somewhat stumblesome in his drunkenness and effortlessly slid a cabinet of fine wine bottles over on smoothly oiled tracks revealing an ironclad safe.2010, Zach Lawrence, Reclaiming the Soul of Halbert Halburt - Book 2
    • The stumblesome little character at the front of the pack would be none other than good ol' Charlie Brown.2015, Stephen J. Lind, A Charlie Brown Religion

Forms of stumblesome

comparativemore stumblesome
superlativemost stumblesome

Origin of stumblesome

From stumble + -some.

Questions about stumblesome

What does stumblesome mean?
Stumblesome means characterised or marked by stumbling.
What part of speech is stumblesome?
Stumblesome is an adjective.

Words near stumblesome in the dictionary

  1. stumbles against
  2. stumbles into
  3. stumbles on
  4. stumbles onto
  5. stumbles upon
  6. stumblesome
  7. stumblest
  8. stumbleth
  9. stumblier
  10. stumbliest
  11. stumblin'

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