numbly

Variant of numb

numb definition

numb (num)

adjective

  1. weakened in or deprived of the power of feeling or moving; benumbed; deadened; insensible numb with cold, numb with grief
  2. having the nature of numbness a numb feeling

Etymology: < ME nome, nomen, pp. of nimen, to take (with unhistoric -b): see -nomy

transitive verb

to make numb

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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