clumsily
- a word derived from clumsy.
Example Sentences
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Even couples who make it well into a marriage contend with all the perils born from romance gone stale, including the functional discord clumsily realized in the sight-gag metaphor of “The Miniature Wife.”
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2026
The company has responded clumsily to users’ complaints, spawning several social media news cycles about whether it respects its own customers.
From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2026
The visit has the heavy air of obligation — they don’t see Dad very often — and when he clumsily welcomes them into his ramshackle house, pregnant pauses and pursed lips ensue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2025
After having a goal disallowed for offside Vinicius was clumsily felled in the box by Hugo Rincon.
From Barron's ● Nov. 30, 2025
Some hang limp from laundry lines as thin and worn as thread; others are nailed clumsily to the doors of modest mud-brick homes not so unlike my own.
From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray
