= unwieldy, adj. 2 3 4. Also transferred.

Of persons or animals: Moving ungracefully or with difficulty, by reason of corpulence or ponderousness; lacking litheness or flexibility; awkward…

Difficult to control, manage, or use; = unwieldy, adj. 3. Also: †incapable of moving with ease; clumsy, ponderous; = unwieldy, adj. 2a (obsolete).

Of movement or a manner of moving: slow or deliberate; heavy.

Of movement: Heavy, clumsy, attended by heavy shocks. Also of the noise produced by such movement.

humorous. Vigorous but unwieldy, clumsy. Cf. walloping, adj. 2. rare.