lumpily

adv

Etymology: From lumpy + -ly.

1. In a lumpy manner, with lumps.

   “I had no idea that anything in the shape of a horse could be so limp as that, either living or dead. His wild mane hung down lumpily, a mere mass of inanimate horsehair; his aggressive ears had collapsed, but as he went swaying slowly across the front of the bridge I noticed an astute gleam in his dreamy, half-closed eye.”

   “An hour later, he had paid about $3.25, been talked through the workings of a small bank of stainless-steel machines, and was leaving with a bag of fluffy if lumpily folded clothes.”

2. Like a lump; awkwardly, heavily, ponderously.

   “He'd stuck his hands in his pockets as I came in, and he sat down lumpily in his chair.”

   ““You’ll feel better when you’ve drunk this’m,” said the parlourmaid lumpily, pouring out some tea.”