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单词 clumsily
释义
clumsily
adverb
uk
/ˈklʌm.zəl.i/us
/ˈklʌm.zəl.i/

clumsilyadverb(without control)

in a way that is notcarefulandcontrolled, and makes youlikelyto haveaccidents:
笨拙地
Hetrippedclumsily on therugandfellflaton hisface.他在地毯上笨拙地绊了一下，脸朝下摔倒了。
Shepushedherself clumsily to herfeet.她笨拙地站了起来。
More examples
  • Herfingersfumbledclumsily with thelock.
  • Hestaggeredclumsily up and down thecorridors.
  • Sheliftedthehemof herskirtandcurtsiedclumsily.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inability and awkwardness
  • accident-prone
  • adorkable
  • all thumbsidiom
  • amateurish
  • amateurishly
  • fumble
  • functional illiteracy
  • gauche
  • geek
  • ham-fisted
  • jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
  • klutzy
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • lost
  • lubber
  • unable
  • uncoordinated
  • uneducable
  • unenterprising
  • unequal
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clumsilyadverb(without thought)

in a way that does not show anyskillorthought:
不熟练地；粗苯地
Theannouncementwas clumsilyhandled.公告发布得很不专业。
Shereceiveda clumsilyphrasedloveletterfrom aboyin herclass.她从班上的一个男孩那里收到了一封措辞笨拙的情书。
See
clumsy
More examples
  • Hephrasedhiscommentsclumsily.
  • Then hechangedthesubjectratherclumsily.
  • I'msurprisedby how clumsily theyhandledthis.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inability and awkwardness
  • accident-prone
  • adorkable
  • all thumbsidiom
  • amateurish
  • amateurishly
  • fumble
  • functional illiteracy
  • gauche
  • geek
  • ham-fisted
  • jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
  • klutzy
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • lost
  • lubber
  • unable
  • uncoordinated
  • uneducable
  • unenterprising
  • unequal
See more results »

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Inconsiderate
(Definition ofclumsilyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofclumsily

clumsily
There were several typos and sections that were ratherclumsilyexpressed.
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Many archaeological reports that follow the 'objective' model are not poor for that reason - but through beingclumsilyand badly written.
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You wouldn't use the right phraseology, you wouldn't have a market feel, and you wouldclumsilygive the wrong signal.
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While the idea of socrealizm was still valid it had beenclumsilyimplemented and had stifled individual 'free development' necessary to underpin objective truth.
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He believed that his limbs had been removed, flown by jet around the world and thenclumsilyreattached to his torso.
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One need not speakclumsilyand unfeelingly about a return to the womb.
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A reasonable approach to language policies and politics requires two things - a little hard work to learn extra languages and the insouciance to dare to use themclumsily.
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Even simpletons in politics do not enter soclumsilyinto a military alliance with a belligerent power, understanding all the complexity and all the risk of such an alliance.
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But the plot wasclumsilybungled.
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It is a question of degree in every case, whether the draftsman has done his workclumsilyor skilfully.
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Indeed, it seems to me that as a social service they are extraordinarilyclumsilyconstructed.
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The lack of such a review threatens the long-term success of the entire regional project if the country isclumsilydivided into artificial regions.
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A third pointed to his patched suit and to the shoes he had ratherclumsilyrepaired for himself.
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I think that they have been extraordinarilyclumsilyhandled.
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Another ill effect will flow from thisclumsily-considered scheme.
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