cumbrous
adjective
cumbrously
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a word derived from
cumbrous.
Example Sentences
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Frowningly, cumbrously, he boards the Caliban and settles in his cabin.
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2013
Before it acquired its two incredible cylinders, it was cumbrously propelled by 500 sq. yds. of canvas.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ohio-born Dr. May, 49, a fellow of Manhattan's cumbrously named William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology, got his Ph.D. from Columbia with a now classic thesis, The Meaning of Anxiety.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the extent that it is run at all, it is controlled by one of the most cumbrously named offices in government: the Medical Services Administration of HEW's Social and Rehabilitation Service.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Colonel then turns cumbrously in his chair, permitting his eye to rove round the room in search of the unwary prey.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, January 24, 1917 by Various
