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clumsiest Definition


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clumsy
adj clumsier, clumsiest
    1. Unskilful with the hands or awkward and ungainly in movement.
      Thesaurus: awkward, gawky, maladroit, ungainly, uncoordinated, heavy-handed, fumbling, all thumbs; ponderous, unwieldy, heavy, lumbering, gauche; Antonym: coordinated, graceful, nimble, skilful.
    2. Badly or awkwardly made.
Derivative: clumsily
adverb
    Derivative: clumsiness
    noun
      Etymology: 16c as clumse, meaning ‘numb with cold': perhaps originally from Norse.



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