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Definition of Clunky
1. Adjective. Lacking grace in movement or posture. "Heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
Similar to: Awkward
Derivative terms: Clumsiness, Gawk, Gawkiness, Ungainliness
2. Adjective. Making a clunking sound.
Definition of Clunky
1. Adjective. (informal) Ungainly; awkward; inelegant; cumbersome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clunky
1. clumsy in style [adj CLUNKIER, CLUNKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clunky
Literary usage of Clunky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"We shaan't have a croon or mossel to clunky, §§ ef the • Fuming, t Restive.
1 Lunch. § Stomach. || To " touch pipe: " cease from work. U Leary; empty. ..."
2. Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information Including the by William Adolphus Wheeler, Charles Gardner Wheeler (1887)
"... special claim of iti» nv.it to its clunky exterior." Ilare. i&~ " The roof
from which the dome ..."
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