lumpily
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a word derived from
lumpy.
Example Sentences
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The adaptation squanders the both talents of Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey and the goodwill of fans by lumpily repackaging the plot.
From Economist ● Sep. 7, 2017
As such, you cannot help feeling a sort of humility around them: They may be slow and ungainly and lumpily fashioned, but they are, in their durability and unchangeability, perfect in a way we aren’t.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2017
Ashore it is a bore, awkwardly staged and lumpily written.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2015
There was no glazing, and the clay was lumpily fused.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Dark and deep as the mud of the Nile, Set brooded lumpily through a mist of sandalwood incense—ninety-nine cents at Schmitt’s—over all kinds of mystic ceremonies, weird rites and wicked plots.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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