cumbrous
adjective
cumbrousness
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a word derived from
cumbrous.
Example Sentences
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Those concerning the teaching he got inspired him with little gratitude; the school was still barbaric, then, he said; ancient medieval text-books were used there of whose silliness and cumbrousness we can hardly conceive.
From Erasmus and the Age of Reformation by Johan Huizinga
This may explain a certain cumbrousness in the unwinding of the plot, which has been noted as a fault in this very fine and elaborate romance.
From The Heritage of the Kurts, Volume I (of 2) by Bj?rnstjerne Bj?rnson
To turn to the scenic details which form a considerable element of this historical picture, I have already hinted that they are not without a taint of cumbrousness and pedantry.
From Mathilde Blind by George Eliot
The great objection to the geometric mean is its cumbrousness.
From Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted by Chester Arthur Phillips
When we consider the cumbrousness of ancient MSS., the absence of divisions in the text, and the consequent difficulty of making exact references, this must needs be taken for a remarkable result.
From The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' by William Sanday
