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Definition of Cumbrousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cumbrousness
Literary usage of Cumbrousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1915)
"This cumbrousness is a fact, but it may, as Bertrand Russell has shown, be avoided
to a great extent. Far more important than the awkwardness of the form of ..."
2. Elements of Law Considered with Reference to Principles of General Jurisprudence by William Markby (1875)
"... Cannot be that it combines technicality with cumbrousness and ex- defined.
treme indefiniteness. If we consider notice as merely signifying knowledge, ..."
3. The Saxon and the Celt: A Study in Sociology by John Mackinnon Robertson (1897)
"We find no evidence of a special racial genius, in any sense of the term, save
perhaps in so far as the uncured cumbrousness of the German speech seems to ..."
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