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Meanings of cackhanded in English

Lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "awkward"
        Examples for "awkward"
        1
        This takes us back to the awkward problem of money and priorities.
        The Guardian
        2
        Which is a relatively friendly and diplomatic solution to an awkward situation.
        Medium raw: a bloody valentine to the world of food and the peop...
        3
        Today was the first time he'd seen her since that awkward introduction.
        Agent 6
        4
        The Director said to smooth awkward situation he would just stand around.
        The new yorker
        5
        The routes are awkward; the companies involved do not coordinate their efforts.
        The Guardian
        1
        In fact, in my own bumbling way, I had similar notions once.
        The Gods Themselves
        2
        She was the petrified and bumbling victim; I was the ruthless pursuer.
        Brains: a zombie memoir
        3
        You two will just have to manage it by bumbling and sneaking.
        Surrender to the will of the night
        4
        The waddling and bumbling Little Tramp character propelled Chaplin to global fame.
        Reuters
        5
        Do you disdain these low-angle inclines as the playground of bumbling neophytes?
        Climbing Magazine
        1
        Such unbridled ambition may seem gauche, but Portadown know what they want.
        The Irish Times
        2
        Initially gauche, she has improved with this latest run of six shows.
        The Guardian
        3
        With his free hand Temper drew his gauche and thrust at her.
        Night of Knives
        4
        There is some prospect that the opposition will be gauche by comparison.
        The Guardian
        5
        Ah well, each to his own: one man's gorgeous is another's gauche.
        The Guardian
        Usage of cackhanded in English
        1
        The results are unwieldy, cackhanded contraptions and often make Heath Robinson's designs look like cycling's answer to Ernesto Colnago.
        The Guardian
        2
        I noticed mother glance at me from time to time as I sighed and fidgeted and tried to hide my cackhanded work.
        Caleb's crossing
        Cackhanded through the time