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shambly en · ADJ

Etymology

From shamble + -y.

Meanings

  1. Shambling; not coordinated or graceful; clumsy.
    • For now it’s a shambly, spooked quartet, not quite folk and not quite rock, and as such it played with the bassist Brad Truax and the drummer Jim White on Thursday night at the Mercury Lounge. 2007 January 6, Ben Ratliff, “A Little Folk, a Little Rock and a Lot of Minimalism”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most shambly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more shambly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

ungainly · awkward · rickety