lubberly

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lubberly
Adjective
  • The fresh survey of consumer sentiment came at a wobbly moment for the nation's economy.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But from the brand’s evolution from wobbly rookie to making and taking its place in the field, Pete always covered Iman with serious interest, insight and importance.
    Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The contrast with Durant’s lumpish Johnny makes no sense.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Because both actors look like lumpish proletarian versions of Ingmar Bergman stars — Alma Pöysti, radiant yet benumbed, plays Ansa like a dish-towel Bibi Andersson, and Jussi Vatanen could be the schlump brother of Max von Sydow (with a dollop of Ryan Gosling).
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 May 2023
Adjective
  • At the same time, no one in metal was funnier, more in touch with his own bathos, more post–Spinal Tap, in a sense, than Ozzy, especially in his shambling-paterfamilias incarnation on MTV’s reality show The Osbournes.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Bator cites both external factors (such as geopolitical conflicts or the unsteady global economy) and internal ones (such as burnout and uncertainty).
    Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • On the game’s fourth play, the Michigan transfer got up after a 3-yard rush on a keeper and wobbled off the field on unsteady legs.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
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“Lubberly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lubberly. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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