clumsily en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English clumsy Middle English -ly English -ly English clumsily From clumsy + -ly.
Meanings
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In a clumsy manner or way; without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly.
But, bowing with sketchily joined hands, they smiled their way clumsily out, down to the darkness.
1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 514:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more clumsily | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most clumsily | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (23)
hu esetlenül (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · it alla meno peggio (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · it grossolanamente (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · ca graponerament (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · ru неуклю́же (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · it disordinatamente (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · it a casaccio (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · nb klossete (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · fi tökerösti (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · fr maladroitement (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · pl niezdarnie (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · sv klumpigt (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · es torpemente (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · it alla cieca (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · it a tentoni (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · pt atrapalhadamente (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · pt desajeitadamente (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · fi kömpelösti (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · es toscamente (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · el άγαρμπα (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · pl niezgrabnie (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · pt aos trancos e barrancos (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly) · it al buio (done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly)