Clumsily
adverb
To do something in a way that lacks skill, grace or precision.
He clumsily dropped the glass, spilling water everywhere.
Often appears as...
- clumsily dropped
- clumsily handled
adverb
To say something in a way that is not clear or easy to understand.
He clumsily tried to explain his actions but failed to convince anyone.
Often appears as...
- clumsily explained
- clumsily phrased
adverb
To do something in a way that lacks skill, grace or precision.
He clumsily dropped the glass, spilling water everywhere.
Often appears as...
- clumsily dropped
- clumsily handled
adverb
To say something in a way that is not clear or easy to understand.
He clumsily tried to explain his actions but failed to convince anyone.
Often appears as...
- clumsily explained
- clumsily phrased
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Actions
Use 'clumsily' to describe actions that involve movement and are done with lack of control or finesse.
She clumsily stumbled over the rug.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Clumsily' often implies a negative judgment about someone’s abilities in a specific situation.
The magician clumsily performed the card trick.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Use 'clumsily' to create a mental picture of someone being awkward or uncoordinated.
He clumsily navigated through the crowded room.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Actions
Use 'clumsily' to describe actions that involve movement and are done with lack of control or finesse.
She clumsily stumbled over the rug.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Clumsily' often implies a negative judgment about someone’s abilities in a specific situation.
The magician clumsily performed the card trick.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Use 'clumsily' to create a mental picture of someone being awkward or uncoordinated.
He clumsily navigated through the crowded room.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Actions
Use 'clumsily' to describe actions that involve movement and are done with lack of control or finesse.
She clumsily stumbled over the rug.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Tone
'Clumsily' often implies a negative judgment about someone’s abilities in a specific situation.
The magician clumsily performed the card trick.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Use 'clumsily' to create a mental picture of someone being awkward or uncoordinated.
He clumsily navigated through the crowded room.
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
she decided to clumsily i think she landed with quite a bang on the ground and she's much more comfortable lying on the cooler soil so today we're going to stay with her for a little bit but please do talk to us send in your questions and your delightful comments using the
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Susan Blackmore: Memes...
And he wanted to get away from everybody thinking all the time about genes, and so he said, "Is there another replicator out there on the planet?" Ah, yes, there is. Look around you -- here will do, in this room. All around us, still clumsily drifting about
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
she decided to clumsily i think she landed with quite a bang on the ground and she's much more comfortable lying on the cooler soil so today we're going to stay with her for a little bit but please do talk to us send in your questions and your delightful comments using the
Video examples
Susan Blackmore: Memes...
And he wanted to get away from everybody thinking all the time about genes, and so he said, "Is there another replicator out there on the planet?" Ah, yes, there is. Look around you -- here will do, in this room. All around us, still clumsily drifting about
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Quote examples
Sophie Hunger
Swiss Musician
I lied a lot when I was a kid. Somehow, I still do this today, but maybe in another way - not quite as ridiculously clumsily as I used to. But still, I think making music has a lot to do with it. One invents something that one can't possibly be. With songs, one invents a world that wouldn't exist otherwise.
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Kate Forsyth
Australian Author
As an adult, I have often been deep in serious conversation with someone I've highly respected and seen them roll an eye as my mouth has mangled yet another magnificently conceived, clumsily articulated sentence. In my mind, the words are mellifluous as honey. In my mouth, they are shards of glass.
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
The diminishing economic role of the United States in the global economy means that global political power will also become more dispersed. The world will become multipolar. By clumsily re-asserting a wish for U.S. dominance, Donald Trump is accelerating the opposite.
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Marya Hornbacher
American Author
I am often drawn to what appear at first to be 'dark' or 'difficult' subjects, but which, upon further examination, are always and only reflections of the ways human beings attempt, however clumsily, badly, or well, to connect with others.
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Josh Gondelman
American Author
When you're hot, you stride confidently down the street, extending your form to hail a taxi to take you from place to place. My body is designed for squeezing into packed subway cars and apologizing to those whose feet I clumsily step on.
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Stephanie Beacham
English Actress
One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people.
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Jenna Wortham
American Journalist
People in tech love to see their work as embodying the 'hacker ethos': a desire to break systems down in order to change them. But this pride can often be conveyed rather clumsily.
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Sophie Hunger
Swiss Musician
I lied a lot when I was a kid. Somehow, I still do this today, but maybe in another way - not quite as ridiculously clumsily as I used to. But still, I think making music has a lot to do with it. One invents something that one can't possibly be. With songs, one invents a world that wouldn't exist otherwise.
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Kate Forsyth
Australian Author
As an adult, I have often been deep in serious conversation with someone I've highly respected and seen them roll an eye as my mouth has mangled yet another magnificently conceived, clumsily articulated sentence. In my mind, the words are mellifluous as honey. In my mouth, they are shards of glass.
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Joseph Stiglitz
American Economist
The diminishing economic role of the United States in the global economy means that global political power will also become more dispersed. The world will become multipolar. By clumsily re-asserting a wish for U.S. dominance, Donald Trump is accelerating the opposite.
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Marya Hornbacher
American Author
I am often drawn to what appear at first to be 'dark' or 'difficult' subjects, but which, upon further examination, are always and only reflections of the ways human beings attempt, however clumsily, badly, or well, to connect with others.
Quote examples
Josh Gondelman
American Author
When you're hot, you stride confidently down the street, extending your form to hail a taxi to take you from place to place. My body is designed for squeezing into packed subway cars and apologizing to those whose feet I clumsily step on.
Quote examples
Stephanie Beacham
English Actress
One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people.
Quote examples
Jenna Wortham
American Journalist
People in tech love to see their work as embodying the 'hacker ethos': a desire to break systems down in order to change them. But this pride can often be conveyed rather clumsily.
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