gropingly
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grope
(grōp)v. groped, grop·ing, gropes
v.intr.
1. To reach about uncertainly; feel one's way: groped for the telephone.
2. To search blindly or uncertainly: grope for an answer.
v.tr.
1. To make (one's way) by reaching about uncertainly.
2. Slang To handle or fondle for sexual pleasure.
n.
The act or an instance of groping.
[Middle English gropen, from Old English grāpian.]
grop′er n.
grop′ing·ly adv.
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Adv. | 1. | gropingly - in an uncertain groping manner |
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gropingly
adv → tastend
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