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Definition of Clumsier
1. clumsy [adj] - See also: clumsy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clumsier
Literary usage of Clumsier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1887)
"The organon of mathematical reasoning is a far clumsier and blunter instrument
than the organon by which humanistic difficulties are decided, ..."
2. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"They were migratory, but not in the strict sense of the word "nomadic"; they
moved in a slower, clumsier fashion than did the later, more specialized ..."
3. Views of Christian Nurture, and of Subjects Adjacent Thereto: And of by Horace Bushnell (1848)
"Doubtless it will fit more awkwardly in some than in others, and make a clumsier
figure; for probably some of the schemes are clumsier than others, ..."
4. The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries: To-day and in Days of Old by Charles George Harper (1895)
"The vans were similar to the stage-coaches, but much larger and clumsier, and
jogged along at a very easy pace. They took, in fact, from fifteen to sixteen ..."
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