bunglingly

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A Very English Scandal finished in similar style: Norman Scott cuddling a pup, all those who bunglingly sought to destroy him either dead themselves or pretending to be.

From The Guardian • Jun. 11, 2018

Or is he playing it as a tactic, like his elders did, though quite a lot more bunglingly?

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2013

Probably the address, bunglingly adjusted on the side instead of the top, or else a stain of mud from the late rough drive.

From Idle Hour Stories by Potts, Eugenia Dunlap

It was my desire to change his course, but I went at it either too late or bunglingly.

From The Grey Cloak by Peirce, Thomas Mitchell

Whereupon the hulk of a son, consequential and patronizing, discoursed bunglingly, and at length, on his opinions and beliefs, until he was inflated to speechlessness by conceit, and his hearers disgusted into responsive silence.

From The Secret of a Happy Home (1896) by Harland, Marion