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CLUMSY

\klˈʌmzi], \klˈʌmzi], \k_l_ˈʌ_m_z_i]\

Definitions of CLUMSY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Awkward; illmade; heavy; unskilful; lacking grace; as, a clumsy boy.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Shapeless: ill-made: awkward: ungainly.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Ill-shaped; awkward.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Unhandy; ungraceful; awkward; unwieldy; ungainly.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

Awkward; ungainly; ill made; badly constructed.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Awkward and inefficient, like one benumbed with cold; unskilful; slow; heavy; ill made.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Awkward, heavy, unhandy.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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