Definition of cumbrous in English:

cumbrous

adjective ˈkʌmbrəsˈkəmbrəs

literary term for cumbersome
Example sentencesExamples
- Her treatise has the usual cumbrous apparatus of scholarly citation, though I did wonder about her methods of research.
- If that be so he will have a choice, which will often be a choice between the old, cumbrous, costly, on the one hand, the modern, rapid, cheap, on the other.
- In the Middle Ages the cumbrous but powerful crossbow was widely used in continental Europe.
- On the one hand, victims of crime could now bring their cases to the attention of the authorities through bills of indictment instead of through the cumbrous and difficult procedure of appeal.
- The parry of prime which was effectual enough when a heavy cut was to be stopped was too slow and cumbrous to keep pace with the nimbler thrust.
- He replied that the proxy bill was not unconstitutional, though its mode of operation was ‘inconvenient, cumbrous and liable to fraud and abuse.’
- Without decimals, Europe would have remained trapped in the cumbrous Roman system of numeration.
- Still, they will not be blocking intersections or chanting beneath cumbrous papier-mache puppets.
- The subordinate forms in a period are often nested one within the other, like Chinese boxes; in its most complex forms it can be cumbrous and hard to follow.
- At the heart of this strange embedded narrative lies a cumbrous allegory.
- I shall hope that a more rigorous, if more cumbrous, mode of expression will always be readily available.
- Early European settlers adopted the process, but found less cumbrous methods.
- It was his role to give the villains their orders for the night, haggle over the prices and keep a candle burning in the dissecting room waiting for the cumbrous sacks to arrive.
- Against such a view as his, it can be argued that touring something as cumbrous and labor-intensive as opera is an expensive business.
- His ribs must have been tearing at their cumbrous shell.
- Under the cumbrous heading ‘Possible Engagements Are to be Regarded as Real Ones Because of their Consequences’, Clausewitz explained further what he meant by this ‘priority of engagements’.
- Clearly, members were unhappy with the cumbrous nature of the rulemaking process.
- It was anti-futuristic, so cumbrous and mechanical that even the acronym seemed dated.

Derivatives

cumbrously

adverb

Slowly and cumbrously it made its way along the line until it reached the end of the section at Attack Creek.
Example sentencesExamples
- The first thing I noticed on the drive up was the full buttery moon cumbrously suspended over the Manhattan skyline, pregnant with hope.
- So one kind of knew what to expect from this cumbrously titled opus.
- He moves softly and cumbrously, not unlike a bear who has been taught to walk upright.
- ‘Numerals, in the rare cases in which they appear at all, are cumbrously written out or, in late times, expressed in Roman style.’

cumbrousness

noun

The higher self craves freedom from the cumbrousness, the limitations, the pains and disabilities of the body.
Example sentencesExamples
- Over time, its descendants became ever more adept at swimming and paid for their aquatic prowess with increasing cumbrousness on land.
- We want to be lifted above the cumbrousness of the mortal body - above the pains of the mortal body - above the death of the mortal body.
- Not a small part of this new cumbrousness is due to the loss of distinctions between words, the misuse of words, and other abuses of language.
- In them the movement is, as a rule, only swift when compared with the normal pace of armies, and the cumbrousness and elaboration of the military machine lessen the feeling of personal adventure.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'difficult to get through'): from cumber + -ous.

Definition of cumbrous in US English:

cumbrous

adjectiveˈkəmbrəsˈkəmbrəs

literary term for cumbersome
Example sentencesExamples
- It was anti-futuristic, so cumbrous and mechanical that even the acronym seemed dated.
- Clearly, members were unhappy with the cumbrous nature of the rulemaking process.
- He replied that the proxy bill was not unconstitutional, though its mode of operation was ‘inconvenient, cumbrous and liable to fraud and abuse.’
- Under the cumbrous heading ‘Possible Engagements Are to be Regarded as Real Ones Because of their Consequences’, Clausewitz explained further what he meant by this ‘priority of engagements’.
- On the one hand, victims of crime could now bring their cases to the attention of the authorities through bills of indictment instead of through the cumbrous and difficult procedure of appeal.
- At the heart of this strange embedded narrative lies a cumbrous allegory.
- I shall hope that a more rigorous, if more cumbrous, mode of expression will always be readily available.
- In the Middle Ages the cumbrous but powerful crossbow was widely used in continental Europe.
- The subordinate forms in a period are often nested one within the other, like Chinese boxes; in its most complex forms it can be cumbrous and hard to follow.
- Without decimals, Europe would have remained trapped in the cumbrous Roman system of numeration.
- It was his role to give the villains their orders for the night, haggle over the prices and keep a candle burning in the dissecting room waiting for the cumbrous sacks to arrive.
- His ribs must have been tearing at their cumbrous shell.
- If that be so he will have a choice, which will often be a choice between the old, cumbrous, costly, on the one hand, the modern, rapid, cheap, on the other.
- Early European settlers adopted the process, but found less cumbrous methods.
- Her treatise has the usual cumbrous apparatus of scholarly citation, though I did wonder about her methods of research.
- Still, they will not be blocking intersections or chanting beneath cumbrous papier-mache puppets.
- The parry of prime which was effectual enough when a heavy cut was to be stopped was too slow and cumbrous to keep pace with the nimbler thrust.
- Against such a view as his, it can be argued that touring something as cumbrous and labor-intensive as opera is an expensive business.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘difficult to get through’): from cumber + -ous.

单词	cumbrous
释义	Definition of cumbrous in English: cumbrous adjective ˈkʌmbrəsˈkəmbrəs literary term for cumbersome Example sentencesExamples Her treatise has the usual cumbrous apparatus of scholarly citation, though I did wonder about her methods of research. If that be so he will have a choice, which will often be a choice between the old, cumbrous, costly, on the one hand, the modern, rapid, cheap, on the other. In the Middle Ages the cumbrous but powerful crossbow was widely used in continental Europe. On the one hand, victims of crime could now bring their cases to the attention of the authorities through bills of indictment instead of through the cumbrous and difficult procedure of appeal. The parry of prime which was effectual enough when a heavy cut was to be stopped was too slow and cumbrous to keep pace with the nimbler thrust. He replied that the proxy bill was not unconstitutional, though its mode of operation was ‘inconvenient, cumbrous and liable to fraud and abuse.’ Without decimals, Europe would have remained trapped in the cumbrous Roman system of numeration. Still, they will not be blocking intersections or chanting beneath cumbrous papier-mache puppets. The subordinate forms in a period are often nested one within the other, like Chinese boxes; in its most complex forms it can be cumbrous and hard to follow. At the heart of this strange embedded narrative lies a cumbrous allegory. I shall hope that a more rigorous, if more cumbrous, mode of expression will always be readily available. Early European settlers adopted the process, but found less cumbrous methods. It was his role to give the villains their orders for the night, haggle over the prices and keep a candle burning in the dissecting room waiting for the cumbrous sacks to arrive. Against such a view as his, it can be argued that touring something as cumbrous and labor-intensive as opera is an expensive business. His ribs must have been tearing at their cumbrous shell. Under the cumbrous heading ‘Possible Engagements Are to be Regarded as Real Ones Because of their Consequences’, Clausewitz explained further what he meant by this ‘priority of engagements’. Clearly, members were unhappy with the cumbrous nature of the rulemaking process. It was anti-futuristic, so cumbrous and mechanical that even the acronym seemed dated. Derivatives cumbrously adverb Slowly and cumbrously it made its way along the line until it reached the end of the section at Attack Creek. Example sentencesExamples The first thing I noticed on the drive up was the full buttery moon cumbrously suspended over the Manhattan skyline, pregnant with hope. So one kind of knew what to expect from this cumbrously titled opus. He moves softly and cumbrously, not unlike a bear who has been taught to walk upright. ‘Numerals, in the rare cases in which they appear at all, are cumbrously written out or, in late times, expressed in Roman style.’ cumbrousness noun The higher self craves freedom from the cumbrousness, the limitations, the pains and disabilities of the body. Example sentencesExamples Over time, its descendants became ever more adept at swimming and paid for their aquatic prowess with increasing cumbrousness on land. We want to be lifted above the cumbrousness of the mortal body - above the pains of the mortal body - above the death of the mortal body. Not a small part of this new cumbrousness is due to the loss of distinctions between words, the misuse of words, and other abuses of language. In them the movement is, as a rule, only swift when compared with the normal pace of armies, and the cumbrousness and elaboration of the military machine lessen the feeling of personal adventure. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'difficult to get through'): from cumber + -ous. Definition of cumbrous in US English: cumbrous adjectiveˈkəmbrəsˈkəmbrəs literary term for cumbersome Example sentencesExamples It was anti-futuristic, so cumbrous and mechanical that even the acronym seemed dated. Clearly, members were unhappy with the cumbrous nature of the rulemaking process. He replied that the proxy bill was not unconstitutional, though its mode of operation was ‘inconvenient, cumbrous and liable to fraud and abuse.’ Under the cumbrous heading ‘Possible Engagements Are to be Regarded as Real Ones Because of their Consequences’, Clausewitz explained further what he meant by this ‘priority of engagements’. On the one hand, victims of crime could now bring their cases to the attention of the authorities through bills of indictment instead of through the cumbrous and difficult procedure of appeal. At the heart of this strange embedded narrative lies a cumbrous allegory. I shall hope that a more rigorous, if more cumbrous, mode of expression will always be readily available. In the Middle Ages the cumbrous but powerful crossbow was widely used in continental Europe. The subordinate forms in a period are often nested one within the other, like Chinese boxes; in its most complex forms it can be cumbrous and hard to follow. Without decimals, Europe would have remained trapped in the cumbrous Roman system of numeration. It was his role to give the villains their orders for the night, haggle over the prices and keep a candle burning in the dissecting room waiting for the cumbrous sacks to arrive. His ribs must have been tearing at their cumbrous shell. If that be so he will have a choice, which will often be a choice between the old, cumbrous, costly, on the one hand, the modern, rapid, cheap, on the other. Early European settlers adopted the process, but found less cumbrous methods. Her treatise has the usual cumbrous apparatus of scholarly citation, though I did wonder about her methods of research. Still, they will not be blocking intersections or chanting beneath cumbrous papier-mache puppets. The parry of prime which was effectual enough when a heavy cut was to be stopped was too slow and cumbrous to keep pace with the nimbler thrust. Against such a view as his, it can be argued that touring something as cumbrous and labor-intensive as opera is an expensive business. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘difficult to get through’): from cumber + -ous.
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