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词汇 lumpily
释义 lumpily
adverb
uk /ˈlʌm.pəl.i/ us /ˈlʌm.pəl.i/

lumpilyadverb (SHAPE)


in a way that is covered with or containing lumps(= pieces of a solid substance, usually with no particular shape):
Plastic sheets lumpily covered what was beneath.
The figures were lumpily moulded from clay.
Their wet bags were lying lumpily beside the road.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Rough, irregular and uneven
abrasion
abrasive
abrasiveness
arrhythmic
bumpy
jag
jagged
jaggedly
jaggy
jerky
pockmarked
raggedly
raggedness
raggedy
roughness
rugged
scratchy
unsteady
wonkiness
wonky

lumpilyadverb (SLOWLY/AWKWARDLY)


in a heavy, slow, or awkward way:
The symphony began pretty lumpily, but the second movement moved with more grace.
The manager just lumpily sat there and watched other people do things.
The army had come towards them steadily and lumpily.
We could hear the sound of the engine lumpily warming up.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
blunder
bumble
dodder
dodderer
doddery
favour
halting
hobble
inflexibly
limp
lollop
lumber
lurch
teeter
toddle
toil
totter
tottering
trundle
tumble

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