C16 (in obsolete sense: benumbed with cold; hence, awkward): perhaps from C13 dialectclumse to benumb, probably from Scandinavian; compare Swedish dialect klumsig numb
Examples of 'clumsiest' in a sentence
clumsiest
The theatrical elements are, by far, the clumsiest of the evening.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Even the clumsiest of us learns how to cope practically.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
So it's hilarious seeing them playing the clumsiest game we've ever seen of hunter versus hunted on dry land.
The Sun (2011)
Yet here we are, clod-hopping through it all with the clumsiest and most tactlessof feet.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She described him as 'maddening, but lovely' and the untidiest and clumsiest person she had met.