clumsily

English

Etymology

From clumsy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

clumsily (comparative more clumsily, superlative most clumsily)

1. 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

• carelessly
• sloppily

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)

Anagrams

• cullyism