clumsy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 6
/ˈklʌmzi/
(UK)
Definition of clumsy
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
“He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.”
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adj
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Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
“He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes.”
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Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety.
“It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now.”
“What a clumsy joke”
“The ravviſh danke of clumzie vvinter ramps / The fluent ſummers vaine: and drizling ſleete / Chilleth the vvan bleak cheek of the numd earth, / VVhilſt ſnarling guſts nibble the iuyceles leaues, / From the nak't ſhuddring branch; […]”
- Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
noun
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(informal)A clumsy person.
“On the stairs he met Ellen, the housemaid, and as he passed her he knocked the hot-water jug out of her hand. “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Possibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse.
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