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- [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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