单词 | unwieldily |
释义 | unwieldilyadv. In an unwieldy or awkward manner; cumbrously. 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 c1610 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliad To Rdr. sig. A 5 Their long words Shewe in short verse, as in a narrow place, Two opposites should meet, with two-hand swords; Vnwieldily, without or use or grace. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inhabilement,..weakely; vnweldily, vneasily. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 141 His finny Flocks about their Shepherd play... Unweildily they wallow first in Ooze, Then in the shady Covert seek Repose. 1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 24 It slides amain, unwieldily, Into the universal sea. 1848 T. Aird Poet. Wks. 157 The cottar's cow..comes Cantering unwieldily. 1862 S. Smiles Lives Engineers III. 101 Locomotives..dragging themselves unwieldily along at..five or six miles an hour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.c1610 |
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