dumbly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dumbly in the English»French Dictionary

dumbly [Brit ˈdʌmli, Am ˈdəmli] ADV

dumbly

sans mot dire

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English

Sympathy is where empathy starts, but it is unintentional, automatic -- one string dumbly vibrating in reaction to another.

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It refuses, in fact, to do anything that will help its owners earn their living, just stands dumbly in its stall.

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The beauty of this day is enough healthy shock for a lifetime, which leaves us all dumbly struggling for utterance.

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As a tool they can be used intelligently or dumbly, and will be appropriate for some users but not others.

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But in all likelihood, sometime soon -- after months of my pointing toward interesting things and him drooling and staring dumbly at my finger -- it will click.

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Sam sat wide-mouthed staring at him dumbly.

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You get fragments that suggest histories but have nothing definitive to offer, fragments that ultimately stare dumbly back at you.

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As she begins to cry, the spell kicks in forcing her to smile dumbly.

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As the pub chattered around us, we stared dumbly into pints we could barely summon the energy to lift.

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I stared at it dumbly.

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