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numbly

ADVERB
  1. in a numb manner; without feeling
    I stared at him numbly

How To Use numbly In A Sentence

  • Ellis agrees that "that sequence does seem kind of cursory" – but only, he goes on, because Clay is so numbly affectless that even rape and torture would look banal to him. Bret Easton Ellis: 'So you're a misogynist, a racist – so what? Does it make your art less interesting?'
  • He walked numbly into the cemetery.
  • He numbly donned his tuxedo and then got the rest of himself ready.
  • Numbly peering at her drawn face, he drew back her sleeve without looking to feel for a pulse.
  • The crabs twitched and blew frothy bubbles, showing off their freshness with an occasional contraction of a pincer, as they lolled numbly in a shallow ice-filled tray.
  • The crabs twitched and blew frothy bubbles, showing off their freshness with an occasional contraction of a pincer, as they lolled numbly in a shallow ice-filled tray.
  • I stared at him numbly
  • Joel nodded numbly, taking a seat in the back of the shuttlecraft that would transport them to the main ship.
  • I cringed and glanced at the patient staring numbly at the ceiling, her expression betraying nothing. NYT > Home Page
  • I picked at my food numbly as my mind tried to assess the situation.
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