| 释义 |
clumsily, adv.|ˈklʌmzɪlɪ|
[f. clumsy + -ly2.]
In a clumsy manner.
1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 133 He [the chameleon] walks very clumsily. 1772–84Cook Voy. IV. iii. vi. (R.), Canoes..composed of several pieces of wood clumsily sewed together with bandages. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) II. ix. 398 The Welsh were..able to overtake the clumsily mounted English. 1879A. Taylor Guienne 55 The span-new and clumsily conceived nineteenth century miracle. |