clumsily


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
clumsy/ˈklʌmzi/
adjective (clumsier, clumsiest)
  • 1 awkward in movement or performance.

    ■ difficult to handle or use; unwieldy.

  • 2 lacking tact or social skills.
– derivatives
clumsily adverb,
clumsiness noun.
– origin C16: from obs. clumse ‘make or be numb’, prob. of Scand. origin.
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