stumbly

English

Etymology

From stumble +‎ -y.

Adjective

stumbly (comparative stumblier or more stumbly, superlative stumbliest or most stumbly)

1. prone to stumble
   • 1999 June 25, Howard L., “Confessions of a Lab Rat”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     I feel stumbly, and when I try to find the door for the stairwell I walk into the bathroom instead.

   • 2007 July 5, Virginia Heffernan, “Hey, Adrift and Famous? Do a Celebreality Show!”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     And on tonight’s episode, when she faces a crisis — the reactions to her incoherent TV interviews last January — the carefully created sentences she uses to explain her slurry, stumbly self-presentation says it all.