单词 | maladroitly |
释义 | maladroitlyadv. In a maladroit manner. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly unhagherlyc1175 unslyly?a1400 roughc1400 unslya1425 rudelyc1425 unhandsomely1545 grosslyc1550 untowardly?1550 botcherly?1566 bungerly1574 lubberlike1575 lumpishly1583 clouterly1593 lubberly1594 foggily1599 awkly1603 unwieldilyc1610 cumbersomely1611 uneasily1611 sinisterly1628 left-handedly1648 ungainlya1661 awkwardly1663 clumsily1691 uncleverly1697 wrong1727 unwieldly1793 gawkily1811 maladroitly1827 undexterously1848 flat-footedly1886 ham-fistedly1964 ham-handedly1964 1673 J. Dryden Marriage a-la-Mode ii. i. 16 Doing all things so mal a droitly [sic]. 1827 T. Carlyle Richter in Edinb. Rev. June 179 They rather testify, however maladroitly, that the Germans have felt their loss. 1869 R. Browning Ring & Bk. IV. xi. 122 Perform that self-same service just a thought More maladroitly. 1963 P. Larkin Let. 20 May in Sel. Lett. (1992) 353 Publishers have the right to choose..but..they exercised their[s] somewhat maladroitly. 1979 C. Raine Martian sends Postcard Home 19 The old pear tree, pruned like a leper, maladroitly drops its fruit. 1991 Daily Tel. 26 June 16/4 A new good guy has been introduced. He is Azeem, a black Muslim (maladroitly described..as ‘the North African crusader’). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1673 |
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