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Showing words for CLUMSILY using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Clumsily
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Definitions for Clumsily
[1] awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
[2] awkwardly done or made; unwieldy; ill-contrived: He made a clumsy, embarrassed apology.
[3] lacking in skill or physical coordination
[4] awkwardly constructed or contrived
Words related to Clumsily
clumsyawkwardly
Words nearby Clumsily
clumsycluj, cluj-napoca, clumber spaniel, clump, clumping, clumsy, clunes, clung, cluniac, clunk, clunker
Origin of Clumsily
y1590–1600; clums benumbed with cold (now obsolete) + -y1; akin to Middle English clumsen to be stiff with cold, dialectal Swedish klumsig benumbed, awkward, klums numbskull, Old Norse klumsa lockjaw. See clam2
Other words from Clumsily
clum·si·ly , adverb
clum·si·ness , noun
Word origin for Clumsily
yC16 (in obsolete sense: benumbed with cold; hence, awkward): perhaps from C13 dialect clumse to benumb, probably from Scandinavian; compare Swedish dialect klumsig numb