as in clumsily
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Adverb
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Social-media platforms are filled with short-form videos that clumsily grapple with stigmas surrounding height supremacy.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026 -
What was being clumsily promoted was a potentially transformative piece of technology — a way to evaluate player performance, in tune with an algorithm that had been taught to think like Capello himself.—
Jack Pitt-Brooke,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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The collapse of the Constitution’s balance of powers between three branches of government got us into an unneeded war conducted ineptly.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Dancing the Poznan really ineptly, mind you, but dancing nonetheless.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Gomez landed awkwardly on his right knee in the first half of Brighton’s 2-2 draw against Tottenham.—
Felipe Cardenas,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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In a video posted on social media by Boston reporter Marlee Wierda, Stevenson's left leg can be seen bending awkwardly as Rife lost his balance trying to run to second base during the rundown.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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“Ham-handedly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ham-handedly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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