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- Dictionaryclumsy/ˈklʌmzi/
adjective
- 1. awkward in movement or in handling things: "the cold made his fingers clumsy" Similar Opposite
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awkward in movement or manner: The first mobile phones were heavy and clumsy to use, but nowadays they are much easier to handle. He gave a clumsy bow. not skilful in the way you deal with or express something: Her clumsy handling of the situation only made it worse. My attempts to apologize were very clumsy.
The meaning of CLUMSY is lacking dexterity, nimbleness, or grace. How to use clumsy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Clumsy.
Someone clumsy is a klutz. They're awkward, ungraceful, and walk like they have two left feet. Something hard to handle — like a huge box — is also clumsy. A badly told story is told in a clumsy way, and a couch that's hard to move clumsy to carry. But mostly being clumsy is embarrassing.
Clumsy definition: awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace. See examples of CLUMSY used in a sentence.
A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken. I'd never seen a clumsier, less coordinated boxer. Unfortunately, I was still very clumsy behind the wheel of the jeep. Synonyms: awkward, blundering, bungling, lumbering More Synonyms of clumsy.
awkward in movement or manner: The first cell phones were heavy and clumsy to use, but nowadays they are much easier to handle. He gave a clumsy bow. not skillful in the way you deal with or express something: Her clumsy handling of the situation only made it worse. My attempts to apologize were very clumsy.
CLUMSY definition: 1. Clumsy people move in a way that is not controlled or careful enough, and often knock or damage…. Learn more.
1. Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward. 2. Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy: clumsy wooden shoes; a clumsy sentence. 3. Gauche; inept: a clumsy excuse. [From obsolete clumse, to be numb with cold, from Middle English clomsen, of Scandinavian origin .] clum′si·ly adv. clum′si·ness n.
(of actions and statements) done without skill or in a way that offends people. She made a clumsy attempt to apologize. (of objects) difficult to move or use easily; not well designed. (of processes) too complicated to understand or use easily. The complaints procedure is clumsy and time-consuming. Word Origin.
Definitions of 'clumsy'. 1. A clumsy person moves or handles things in a careless, awkward way, often so that things are knocked over or broken. [...] 2. A clumsy action or statement is not skillful or is likely to upset people. [...]
