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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Clumsy  \Clum"sy\,  a.  [Compar.  {Clumsier};  superl.  {Clumsiest}.] 
  [OE.  clumsed  benumbed,  fr  clumsen  to  be  benumbed;  cf  Icel. 
  klumsa  lockjaw,  dial.  Sw  klummsen  benumbed  with  cold.  Cf 
  1st  {Clam},  and  1st  {Clamp}.] 
  1.  Stiff  or  benumbed,  as  with  cold.  [Obs.] 
 
  2.  Without  skill  or  grace;  wanting  dexterity,  nimbleness,  or 
  readiness;  stiff;  awkward,  as  if  benumbed;  unwieldy; 
  unhandy;  hence  ill-made,  misshapen,  or  inappropriate;  as 
  a  clumsy  person;  a  clumsy  workman;  clumsy  fingers;  a 
  clumsy  gesture;  a  clumsy  excuse. 
 
  But  thou  in  clumsy  verse,  unlicked,  unpointed,  Hast 
  shamefully  defied  the  Lord's  anointed.  --Dryden. 
 
  Syn:  See  {Awkward}. 




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