clumsily

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Recent Examples of clumsily Nix remained underwater in September as Denver stumbled clumsily into the national spotlight with one win. Troy Renck, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025 Never has a snarky, clumsily worded and insensitive-sounding aside caused so much trouble. James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025 Also, later on, Wendy’s questions for Dame feel clumsily blunt. Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025 Northwestern paid the price for its rash, excessive, clumsily handled and unjustified firing of Fitzgerald, a firing for which the editorial board has again stated its support. Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 Cracker Barrel proudly announced a new, streamlined, unexciting logo, explained it poorly, defended it clumsily, and failed to recognize that anything remotely resembling a jab at white people, Southern heritage or tradition these days will be attacked as woke. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025 That actuarial promise won’t matter if regulators intervene clumsily. Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clumsily
Adverb
  • Dancing the Poznan really ineptly, mind you, but dancing nonetheless.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Somehow this ineptly plotted affair lured Keke Palmer into its lair and her comedy chops all but gets handcuffed by an illogical, unfunny screenplay.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • But not before Baldelli awkwardly removed Willi Castro from the game early, hoping to earn him applause, and instead setting off more speculation.
    Dan Hayes, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The camera rolls as West lies on a futuristic bed with Elon Musk, awkwardly comparing relationship woes.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The technology is rapidly replacing the old days of crime-scene investigators crafting hand sketches and using tape measures to laboriously take down measurements.
    Sean Emery, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Instead of laboriously testing compounds one by one in wet labs or waiting weeks for physics simulations to finish, scientists can now triage molecules digitally at supercomputer scale.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2025

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“Clumsily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clumsily. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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