| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In the manner of one who fumbles.[Websters]
2. In a bungling or botched manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a bungled manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In an infected manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a bored or piercing manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a disturbing or perturbing manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective fumbling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Fumbling) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb fumble.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (fumble) | 1. Feel about uncertainly or blindly.[Wordnet]. 2. Make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door".[Wordnet]. 3. Handle clumsily.[Wordnet]. 4. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.[Wordnet]. 5. Drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder".[Wordnet]. 6. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.[Websters]. 7. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.[Websters]. 8. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.[Websters]. 9. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.[Websters]. 10. Base verb from the following inflections: fumbling, fumbled, fumbles, fumbler, fumblers, fumblingly and fumbledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "FUMBLINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references) |
Specialty Definition: FUMBLINGLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] In an awkward manner.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adverb] In a fumbling manner. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: fumble
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Fumble (album) | Banging the Drum is an album by Scream recorded December 1989 at Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, Virginia and released in July 1993 through Dischord Records. (references) | ||
| The Fumble | The Fumble refers to a specific incident in the January 18, 1988 AFC Championship Game between the Cleveland Browns and the Denver Broncos. Trailing 31-38 with 1:12 remaining in the game, the Browns running back Earnest Byner appeared to be on his way to score the game tying touchdown. But he fumbled the ball at the 3-yard line. The Broncos recovered the ball, gave the Browns an intentional safety, and went on to win 38-33. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: fumble | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Fumble | 32 | Fumble | 32 | |
| The Fumble | 19 | Fumble (album) | 6 | |
| Fumble (album) | 6 | Fumble Rumble | 3 | |
| Fumble Rumble | 3 | The Fumble | 19 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
