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  • adverb In a lumpy manner.

Etymologies

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lumpy +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • My father died 14 years ago and I am still, slowly, lumpily, processing it.

    Of Shoes And Ships And Sealing Wax And Hoarding Stuff And Things | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • The infant settled lumpily against Mabel's breast.

    Delivery 2010

  • He does well within the confines of a script adapted lumpily from a novel by Lois Duncan.

    'Hotel for Dogs' is puppy chow 2009

  • He does well within the confines of a script adapted lumpily from a novel by Lois Duncan.

    'Hotel for Dogs' Is Puppy Chow 2009

  • And now I'm off to lumpily frost my son's lopsided Lego cake...

    Sunday Sweets: Ribbons and Lace 2009

  • Inside it, sewn lumpily into the lining, were two small packs of something.

    Unpretty Sharon Carter Rogers 2008

  • Inside it, sewn lumpily into the lining, were two small packs of something.

    Unpretty Sharon Carter Rogers 2008

  • Fascinated by this example of technique chasing technology, of software trailing hardware, I watched our pixelated planet, a spinning blue globe forced continually to reassemble itself as blocks of Atlantic cloud moved lumpily forward.

    A Space in Time 2002

  • Fascinated by this example of technique chasing technology, of software trailing hardware, I watched our pixelated planet, a spinning blue globe forced continually to reassemble itself as blocks of Atlantic cloud moved lumpily forward.

    A Space in Time 2002

  • Prepared foods in all shades of brown poured lumpily into burnished steel pans: a removable feast of sweet-and-sour pork, sesame chicken, cubed roasted eggplant, and myriad other bite-size delights.

    The Deed Keith Blanchard 2003

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