STAMMERINGLY

Etymology

Adverb

stammeringly (comparative more stammeringly, superlative most stammeringly)

In a stammering manner, done with a stammer or stutter.

Source: Wiktionary

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STAMMERING

Stam"mer*ing, a.

Definition: Apt to stammer; hesitating in speech; stuttering.

– Stam"mer*ing*ly, adv.

Stam"mer*ing, n. (Physiol.)

Definition: A disturbance in the formation of sounds. It is due essentially to long-continued spasmodic contraction of the diaphragm, by which expiration is preented, and hence it may be considered as a spasmodic inspiration.

STAMMER

Stam"mer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Stammered; p. pr. & vb. n. Stammering.] Etym: [OE. stameren, fr. AS. stamur, stamer, stammering; akin to D. & LG. stameren to stammer, G. stammeln, OHG. stammal, stamm, Dan. stamme, Sw. stamma, Icel. stama, stamma, OHG. & Dan. stam stammering, Icel. stamr, Goth. stamms, and to G. stemmen to bear against, stumm dumb, D. stom. Cf. Stem to resist, Stumble.]

Definition: To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter. I would thou couldst stammer, that thou mightest pour this conclead man out of thy mouth, as wine comes out of a narrow-mouthed bottle, either too much at once, or none at all. Shak.

Stam"mer, v. t.

Definition: To utter or pronounce with hesitation or imperfectly; -- sometimes with out.

Stam"mer, n.

Definition: Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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