Definition of "lumpishly" [lumpishly]

• In a lumpish manner. (adverb)

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• "Only now, 30 years after his death, has he been accorded a biography, which, typically, is not a very good one—humorless, lumpishly written and utterly devoid of the raffish yet paradoxically doomy spirit that moved his best work."
• "Our dear Merdle would then receive his instructions; and would sit heavily among the company at table and wander lumpishly about his drawing – rooms afterwards, only remarkable for appearing to have nothing to do with the entertainment beyond being in its way."
• "But gah, that submission for next week is being very stubborn and keeps lying there lumpishly on the page."