clumsily

English

Etymology

clumsy +‎ -ly

Adverb

clumsily (comparative more clumsily, superlative most clumsily)

In a clumsy manner or way; without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly.
- 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 514:
  But, bowing with sketchily joined hands, they smiled their way clumsily out, down to the darkness.

Synonyms

Translations

done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly

Catalan: graponerament (ca)
Finnish: kömpelösti (fi), tökerösti (fi)
French: maladroitement (fr)
Greek: άγαρμπα (el) (ágarmpa)
Italian: grossolanamente (it), alla meno peggio, alla cieca, a tentoni, disordinatamente (it), a casaccio, al buio (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klossete
Polish: niezdarnie (pl), niezgrabnie (pl)
Portuguese: desajeitadamente (pt), atrapalhadamente (pt)
Russian: неуклю́же (ru) (neukljúže)
Spanish: torpemente, toscamente (es)
Swedish: klumpigt (sv)

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