clumsily: difference between revisions

Browse history interactively

← Go to previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Latest revision as of 22:24, 18 August 2024

English

Etymology

From clumsy +‎ -ly.

Adverb

clumsily (comparative more clumsily, superlative most clumsily)

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

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

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 ===Etymology===
-{{suffix|clumsy|ly|lang=en}}
+From {{suffix|en|clumsy|ly}}.
 ===Adverb===
 {{en-adv}}
-# done without [[care]] or [[finesse]], often [[hurriedly]] or [[awkwardly]].
+# In a [[clumsy]] manner or way; without [[care]] or [[finesse]], often [[hurriedly]] or [[awkwardly]].
+#* {{quote-book|1=en|year=1959|year_published=1972|author=w:Anthony Burgess|title=Beds in the East|series=The Malayan Trilogy|page=514|passage=But, bowing with sketchily joined hands, they smiled their way '''clumsily''' out, down to the darkness.}}
+====Synonyms====
+* {{l|en|carelessly}}
+* {{l|en|sloppily}}
 ====Translations====
 {{trans-top|done without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly}}
+* Catalan: {{t+|ca|graponerament}}
 * Finnish: {{t+|fi|kömpelösti}}, {{t+|fi|tökerösti}}
 * French: {{t+|fr|maladroitement}}
 * Greek: {{t+|el|άγαρμπα}}
+* Italian: {{t+|it|grossolanamente}}, {{t|it|alla meno peggio}}, {{t|it|alla cieca}}, {{t|it|a tentoni}}, {{t+|it|disordinatamente}}, {{t|it|a casaccio}}, {{t+|it|al buio}}
-{{trans-mid}}
+* Norwegian:
-* Italian: {{t+|it|grossolanamente}}, {{t|it|alla meno peggio}}
+*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|klossete}}
+* Polish: {{t+|pl|niezdarnie}}, {{t+|pl|niezgrabnie}}
+* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|desajeitadamente}}, {{t+|pt|atrapalhadamente}}
 * Russian: {{t+|ru|неуклю́же}}
+* Spanish: {{t|es|torpemente}}, {{t+|es|toscamente}}
+* Swedish: {{t+|sv|klumpigt}}
 {{trans-bottom}}
-====Synonyms====
+===Anagrams===
-* {{l|en|carelessly}}
+* {{anagrams|en|a=cillmsuy|cullyism}}
-* {{l|en|sloppily}}
-[[et:clumsily]]
-[[fr:clumsily]]
-[[ko:clumsily]]
-[[io:clumsily]]
-[[kn:clumsily]]
-[[ku:clumsily]]
-[[ml:clumsily]]
-[[pl:clumsily]]
-[[ru:clumsily]]
-[[fi:clumsily]]
-[[sv:clumsily]]
-[[te:clumsily]]
-[[vi:clumsily]]
-[[zh:clumsily]]