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词汇 clumsily
释义 clumsily
adverb
uk /ˈklʌm.zəl.i/ us /ˈklʌm.zəl.i/

clumsilyadverb (without control)


in a way that is not careful and controlled, and makes you likely to have accidents: 笨拙地
He tripped clumsily on the rug and fell flat on his face.他在地毯上笨拙地绊了一下,脸朝下摔倒了。
She pushed herself clumsily to her feet.她笨拙地站了起来。
Her fingers fumbled clumsily with the lock.
He staggered clumsily up and down the corridors.
She lifted the hem of her skirt and curtsied clumsily.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Inability and awkwardness
accident-prone
adorkable
all thumbsidiom
amateurish
amateurishly
fumblingly
functional illiteracy
gauche
gauchely
gawkily
inexpertly
jack-of-all-trades
jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
klutzy
like a bull in a china shopidiom
uncoordinated
uneducable
unenterprising
unequal
ungainly

clumsilyadverb (without thought)


in a way that does not show any skill or thought: 不熟练地;粗苯地
The announcement was clumsily handled.公告发布得很不专业。
She received a clumsily phrased love letter from a boy in her class.她从班上的一个男孩那里收到了一封措辞笨拙的情书。
See
clumsy
He phrased his comments clumsily.
Then he changed the subject rather clumsily.
I'm surprised by how clumsily they handled this.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Inability and awkwardness
accident-prone
adorkable
all thumbsidiom
amateurish
amateurishly
fumblingly
functional illiteracy
gauche
gauchely
gawkily
inexpertly
jack-of-all-trades
jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
klutzy
like a bull in a china shopidiom
uncoordinated
uneducable
unenterprising
unequal
ungainly

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


Inconsiderate

Examples of clumsily


clumsily
There were several typos and sections that were rather clumsily expressed.
Many archaeological reports that follow the 'objective' model are not poor for that reason - but through being clumsily and badly written.
You wouldn't use the right phraseology, you wouldn't have a market feel, and you would clumsily give the wrong signal.
While the idea of socrealizm was still valid it had been clumsily implemented and had stifled individual 'free development' necessary to underpin objective truth.
He believed that his limbs had been removed, flown by jet around the world and then clumsily reattached to his torso.
One need not speak clumsily and unfeelingly about a return to the womb.
A reasonable approach to language policies and politics requires two things - a little hard work to learn extra languages and the insouciance to dare to use them clumsily.
Even simpletons in politics do not enter so clumsily into a military alliance with a belligerent power, understanding all the complexity and all the risk of such an alliance.
But the plot was clumsily bungled.
It is a question of degree in every case, whether the draftsman has done his work clumsily or skilfully.
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Indeed, it seems to me that as a social service they are extraordinarily clumsily constructed.
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The lack of such a review threatens the long-term success of the entire regional project if the country is clumsily divided into artificial regions.
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A third pointed to his patched suit and to the shoes he had rather clumsily repaired for himself.
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I think that they have been extraordinarily clumsily handled.
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Another ill effect will flow from this clumsily-considered scheme.
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