- without physical sensation or the ability to move: It was a spicy dish, but it was kind of fun to bite into the peppers and wait numbly till I could use my mouth again!
- in a way characterized by an inability to act or to feel emotion, as after a great shock or when severely depressed: Exhausted and traumatized, she numbly watched as others ran to salvage what they could from the wreckage of the building.Sometimes you can go through life asleep, lulled by the routine, pushing through numbly to the next thing.
