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stutteringly

stutteringly adverb: in a stuttering manner.

Adverb

stutteringly (comparative more stutteringly, superlative most stutteringly)

  1. In a stuttering manner.
    • a stutteringly embarrassed apology
    • Whenever they sing to me, they smile. I think it’s Kayla’s favorite part, too, because she sings stutteringly along.2017, Jesmyn Ward, Sing, Unburied, Sing, Bloomsbury Circus, page 27

Forms of stutteringly

comparativemore stutteringly
superlativemost stutteringly

Origin of stutteringly

From stuttering + -ly.

Questions about stutteringly

What does stutteringly mean?
Stutteringly means in a stuttering manner.
What part of speech is stutteringly?
Stutteringly is an adverb.

Words near stutteringly in the dictionary

  1. stutterer
  2. stutterers
  3. stutterier
  4. stutteriest
  5. stuttering
  6. stutteringly
  7. stutterings
  8. stutters
  9. stuttery
  10. Stuttgard
  11. Stuttgardt

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