Results for clumsy

Definitions of clumsy:

part of speech: noun

Clumsiness.

part of speech: adjective

Awkward and inefficient, like one benumbed with cold; unskilful; slow; heavy; ill made.

part of speech: adjective

Awkward; illmade; heavy; unskilful; lacking grace; as, a clumsy boy.

part of speech: adjective

Shapeless: ill- made: awkward: ungainly.

Usage examples for clumsy:

• But my dear, excellent, worthy- why, curse you, David, you can't possibly have done anything so clumsy "Checkmate", Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

• Please, please, don't look at me- I am such a clumsy fool, and I daresay I am putting things all wrong! "Petticoat Rule", Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy

• And Sir Walter, opening the door, shouted to his serving- man, who speedily removed the meal, he going last and making his clumsy reverence at the door, which he locked behind him. "Unknown to History A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland", Charlotte M. Yonge

• Those were certainly clumsy affairs, but there was no end of good sport in them. "Healthful Sports for Boys", Alfred Rochefort