cumbrously

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Frowningly, cumbrously, he boards the Caliban and settles in his cabin.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2013

To the extent that it is run at all, it is controlled by one of the most cumbrously named offices in government: the Medical Services Administration of HEW's Social and Rehabilitation Service.

From Time Magazine Archive

Before it acquired its two incredible cylinders, it was cumbrously propelled by 500 sq. yds. of canvas.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ohio-born Dr. May, 49, a fellow of Manhattan's cumbrously named William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology, got his Ph.D. from Columbia with a now classic thesis, The Meaning of Anxiety.

From Time Magazine Archive

The machine will go forward ponderously and cumbrously, but it will not go backward without an infinite amount of toil and trouble.

From The Squire's Daughter by Hocking, Silas K(itto)