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- pronunciation:
- kluhm
zi
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adjective |
| inflections: |
clumsier, clumsiest |
| definition: |
If someone is clumsy, they sometimes use their hands, arms, and legs in ways that are awkward and are not how they would like to move. They sometimes drop things or fall over things or bump into things. They do things like this more often than most other people.
Mr. Cole dropped some glasses and plates at work in the restaurant, so he decided he was too clumsy for that job.Some people are not really clumsy. They just think they are.- synonyms:
- awkward
- antonyms:
- graceful
- similar words:
- wooden
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| related words: |
crude |
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| derivations: |
clumsily (adv.), clumsiness (n.) |
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