dumbly

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Dumbly, the fierce-faced old man clasped his wife in his arms, expressed in a long embrace feelings he could not utter.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dumbly, I’d stand there, waiting for his wife to notice us, for her to call him off with a benign smile.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

Dumbly, he endured the pain of the fiery stings.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Dumbly, dutifully, had she submitted to all his restrictions and severities, stonily watching her girlhood go, through a fading, lining and hardening of her prettiness.

From The Seeker by Wilson, Harry Leon

Dumbly, he sat down next to her on the rock.

From Voyage To Eternity by Marlowe, Stephen