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Meanings of clumsy in английском
Not elegant or graceful in expression.
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Examples for "ungainly"
Examples for "ungainly"
1
What further need have we of proof positive on this ungainly matter?
2
They pulled vigorously, backstroking; the ungainly raft plowed across the hardening current.
3
That the great ungainly transport still floated was something of a miracle.
4
The duties of a hostess she performed in a stiff ungainly way.
5
The ploughman comes up from the country with a long ungainly stride.
1
However the days of the big, clunky, clam shell contraptions are gone.
2
The new Bose are brilliant, just forget about the overly clunky name.
3
Power flows through a rather clunky brick with a dedicated, cylindrical plug.
4
We're constantly getting some clunky plastic thing they decided to make pink.
5
Wearing purely comfort kicks can feel clunky or sloppy on hard routes.
1
She reached out, grasped his shoulder, and stopped his gawky, long-legged strides.
2
But he was like a big, gawky teenager, new to his strength.
3
Between the zits and the gawky-elongated build, Dawes looked like a teenager.
4
Thought about him as a tall gawky eighteen-year-old, just off to West Point.
5
A moment later and the gawky Russian was transformed, gliding through the backwash.
1
These combined odours somewhat dispersed Dan's gloom when he came back in squeaky Sunday shoes and a bunglesome cut-away coat.
Usage of clumsy in английском
1
The top bolt was within easy reach of his clumsy right paw.
2
It was the crisis, and into it Mollie intruded with clumsy tread.
3
Its confusion rendered it clumsy; and the mistake cost it its life.
4
My work boots felt way too clumsy with their thick rubber soles.
5
For a moment Powell yearned to blast this well-meaning clumsy young normal.
6
Jumping can be clumsy and could be a problem in this context.
7
A moment later, the Grunt lines came to a clumsy halt, confused.
8
Because it is a clumsy fabrication which simply could not be true.
9
The laws were clear and simple, the mechanical interpretations clumsy and contradictory.
10
It inhabits trees, but is very clumsy in appearance and in action.
11
It is a clumsy imitation of the policy of Frederick in 1756.
12
The spat reveals clumsy links among old media, new media and Washington.
13
Many were shocked by clumsy reactions by public figures to Strauss-Kahn's arrest.
14
The established pleasures were clumsy and tiresome-looking; but one could eschew them.
15
He answers it in a painstaking, rather clumsy hand: but he manages.
16
Ayla stopped and was watching a herd of the strange, clumsy-looking animals.
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Clumsy across language varieties
United Kingdom
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South Africa
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