shufflingly
With dragging feet
In a shuffling manner—moving with slow, dragging steps without fully lifting the feet from the ground.
He walked shufflingly down the hospital corridor.
The word suggests weariness, age, or reluctance in movement.
Uncertain and provisional
- uncertainNot firmly known
- falteringBecoming unsteady or weak
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- reluctantUnwilling to act
haltingly · indecisive · timidly · cautiously · gingerly · warily · doubtfully · sheepishly
Infirm from old age
- totteringMoving unsteadily, nearly falling
- feeblyWithout vigor or power
- shakilyIn trembling manner
- unsteadilyWithout firmness or stability
stooped · arthritic · frail · aged · decrepit · weakly · haltingly
In a clumsy manner
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- lumberinglyIn an ungainly way
- unsteadilyWithout firmness or stability
stiffly · woodenly · gracelessly · inelegantly · fumblingly · bumblingly · laboriously · heavily
tentative
Uncertain and provisional
reluctant · haltingly · indecisive · timidly · cautiously · gingerly · warily · doubtfully · sheepishly · diffidently
doddering
Infirm from old age
unsteadily · stooped · arthritic · frail · aged · decrepit · weakly · haltingly
awkwardly
In a clumsy manner
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- lumberinglyIn an ungainly way
unsteadily · stiffly · woodenly · gracelessly · inelegantly · fumblingly · bumblingly · laboriously · heavily · ponderously
scuff
Surface scrape or scratch
hobble · limp · drag · scrape · slide · schlep · falter · lumber · creep · inch
shufflinglyenergetically
With much vigor
vigorously · dynamically · spiritedly · vivaciously · zestfully
shufflinglydecisively
With firm determination
confidently · purposefully · determinedly · resolutely · boldly
- card shufflingRandomizing deck order
- shuffling deck
- paper shufflingUnproductive clerical activity
- shuffling offLeaving with dragging feet
- shuffling gaitFeet-dragging walk pattern