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English
Etymology
From fumbling + -ly.
Adverb
fumblingly (comparative more fumblingly, superlative most fumblingly)
- In a fumbling manner; while fumbling.
1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 299:Fumblingly she groped and groped, till the burning blood gushed from her nose and mouth; then, mercifully, her tired senses swooned, and she fell with her head resting on the tree.