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Found 3 hits - Term: clumsiest, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clumsy \clum"sy\, a. compar. clumsier; superl. clumsiest.
   oe. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. icel.
   klumsa lockjaw, dial. sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. cf.
   1st clam, and 1st clamp.
   1. stiff or benumbed, as with cold. obs.
      1913 webster

   2. without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or
      readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy;
      unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as,
      a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a
      clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.
      1913 webster

            but thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed,
            hast shamefully defied the lord's anointed.
                                                  --dryden.

   syn: see awkward.
        1913 webster
see also:
clumsier clumsiest clam clamp awkward 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
clumsiest
     see clumsy
see also:
clumsy 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
clumsy
     adj 1: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long
            ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly
            creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure
            out of his chair" syn: gawky, clunky, ungainly,
             unwieldy
     2: not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose
        style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing
        style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept
        than to repeat it now?" syn: awkward, cumbersome, inapt,
         inept, ill-chosen
     3: difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;
        "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome
        paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a
        rather ungainly instrument for a girl" syn: awkward, bunglesome,
         ungainly
     4: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman";
        "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a
        shelf" syn: bungling, fumbling, incompetent
     also: clumsiest, clumsier
see also:
gawky clunky ungainly unwieldy awkward cumbersome 
inapt inept ill-chosen bunglesome bungling 
fumbling incompetent clumsiest clumsier 

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