numb
"He's dead," she said numbly.
Many people numbly accept whatever their doctor suggests.
The man shook his head numbly.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unable to feel anything
anaesthesia
asleep
benumbed
dead
numb
numbingly
numbness

Examples of numbly

numbly
A woman wrapped in a beige blanket stares numbly into the distance.
From Huffington Post
Numbly he put his hand to the metal mezuzah affixed to the right side of the doorway.
From USA TODAY
The messaging itself became numbly monotonous.
From A.V. Club
Yet, she strove numbly against this enveloping despair.
From Project Gutenberg
She felt dull, numbly troubled, and in addition a shadow of apprehension was now creeping upon her.
From Project Gutenberg
When the sky began to pale in the east, they numbly resigned themselves to death.
From Project Gutenberg
There they halted, glittering eyes peering through the slots in their helmets to fix themselves upon the rigid prisoners who stood numbly resigned to death.
From Project Gutenberg
Her eyes vacant and numbly fixed, she rose slowly to her feet.
From Project Gutenberg
Numbly he recognized the countenances which were turned toward him.
From Project Gutenberg
His arms ached, his shoulders seemed deadened; he clung numbly to the wall and searched for another path.
From Project Gutenberg
He waited numbly, expecting more fire, but the brief flame seemed to have died out completely.
From Project Gutenberg
With a sinking heart, she realized numbly that she was ruined before she even started.
From Project Gutenberg
After a long while her hands unclasped themselves from behind her head and dropped numbly to her lap.
From Project Gutenberg
She could not be very far, he thought numbly, cursing the blindness of his human eyes, the narrowness of his human senses.
From Project Gutenberg
He realized numbly how symbolic of his future that present moment might be.
From Project Gutenberg
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