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Meaning of 'clumsy' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Clumsy [ superl.]
- Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
- 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.

Meaning of 'clumsy' (Princeton's WordNet)

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

Nearby Words:

club club-rush club-shaped clubbable clubbed clubber clubbing clubbish clubbist clubfist

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