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单词 unwieldily
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unwieldilyadv.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈwiːldᵻli/, U.S. /ˌənˈwildᵻli/
Etymology: < unwieldy adj. + -ly suffix2.
In an unwieldy or awkward manner; cumbrously.
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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).
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