Usually means: Without feeling or emotional response.
Definitions Related words Mentions History
We found 18 dictionaries that define the word numbly:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. numbly: Merriam-Webster
  2. numbly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. numbly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. numbly: Vocabulary.com
  5. Numbly, numbly: Wordnik
  6. numbly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. numbly: Wiktionary
  8. numbly: Dictionary.com
  9. numbly: Rhymezone
  10. numbly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. numbly: FreeDictionary.org
  12. numbly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. numbly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. numbly: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. numbly: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. numbly: Medical dictionary

(Note: See numb as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (numbly)

▸ adverb:  In a numb manner; without feeling.

Similar:
insensibly, unfeelingly, benumbingly, nervelessly, unnuancedly, unanimatedly, unemotionally, unperceptively, mutely, apathetically, more...

Opposite:
sensitively, alertly, keenly, aware

Types:
stunned, dazed, stupefied, befuddled, confused, bewildered, disoriented, dumbfounded, more...

▸ Words similar to numbly

▸ Usage examples for numbly

▸ Idioms related to numbly

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near numbly

▸ Rhymes of numbly

▸ Invented words related to numbly

Similar:
insensibly, unfeelingly, benumbingly, nervelessly, unnuancedly, unanimatedly, unemotionally, unperceptively, mutely, apathetically, more...

Opposite:
sensitively, alertly, keenly, aware

Types:
stunned, dazed, stupefied, befuddled, confused, bewildered, disoriented, dumbfounded, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "numbly" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux