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clumsily

adv

Etymology

From clumsy + -ly.

  1. derived from *klumsa✻
  2. inherited from clumsen
  3. suffixed as clumsy — “clumse + y”
  4. formed as clumsily — “clumsy + -ly”

Definitions

  1. In a clumsy manner or way

    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.

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