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GROPINGLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gropingly mean?
• GROPINGLY (adverb)
The adverb GROPINGLY has 1 sense:
1. in an uncertain groping manner
Familiarity information: GROPINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an uncertain groping manner
Pertainym:
groping (acting with uncertainty or hesitance or lack of confidence)
Context examples
He descended the one step, and advanced slowly and gropingly towards the grass-plat.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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