mumblingly

He stooped to lift the heavy burden, and she heard him say a word mumblingly, as though ashamed of it.

Moor Fires 1914

We can make shift with the other two, repeated I, louder still: but yet mumblingly hoarse: for I had as great regard to uniformity in accent, as to my words.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

"Yes," he mumblingly admitted, yawning and rubbing sleep from his eyes, his face peering from behind his door.

Psychosphere Lumley, Brian 1984

An old man mumblingly read from the tablets the names of Father's children.

Restoree McCaffrey, Anne 1967

"And could we go farther than to the moon if we wanted to?" inquired the bandaged figure mumblingly.

Lost on the Moon Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds Roy Rockwood

As the old man's voice monotonously occupied the room, working its way mumblingly through the end of Exodus, conveying no meaning to the audience, Gilian heard the moor-fowl cry beside Little Fox.

Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure Neil Munro

She was talking, sometimes clearly, and sometimes mumblingly.

Fanny Herself Edna Ferber 1926

He said mumblingly, "Well, mother, you've never taught me any different."

This Freedom 1925

"I'm trying to find Kent Parmalee; his aunt wants him!" he added mumblingly, as he began to vaguely shoulder his way through the crowd again.

The Heart of Rachael Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923

She was talking, sometimes clearly, and sometimes mumblingly.

Fanny Herself 1917