dumbly

adverb

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Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmli/

Etymology: Etymology tree English dumb Middle English -ly English -ly English dumbly From dumb + -ly.

In a silent way.
“On the flat behind the mill, dawn-rising Chinamen shogged with nimble bare feet under their yoke-linked watering-cans. These busy brethren, meeting sometimes on the same narrow track, would pause, ant-like, seemingly to dumbly regard one another and their burdens, then, still ant-like, pass silently to their work.”
“I handed it dumbly to my friend, who had the grace to giggle.”
In an unsmart way.