lubberly

[luhb-er-lee] / ˈlʌb ər li /

ADJECTIVE

clumsy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bulky heavy-handed inept ponderous ungainly unwieldy

WEAK

all thumbs blundering blunderous bumbling bungling butterfingered clownish crude elephantine gauche gawkish gawky graceless ham-handed heavy helpless hulking ill-shaped incompetent inelegant inexperienced inexpert lumbering lumpish maladroit oafish splay stumbling unable unadept uncoordinated uncouth undexterous uneasy unhandy unskillful untactful untalented untoward weedy

Antonyms

WEAK

adroit agile athletic clever coordinated couth dexterous expert graceful

ADJECTIVE

oafish

Synonyms

WEAK

all thumbs blundering blunderous bumbling bungling butterfingered dumb gawkish gawky graceless half-witted heavy-handed idiotic ignorant inelegant inept klutzy lumbering lumpish moronic simple simpleminded slow stumbling uncoordinated undexterous ungainly unintelligent

Example Sentences

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“Plenty men think what I think. Sailing by book is a mighty lubberly business.”

From Literature

Germany, who danced around England, are being made to look quite lubberly.

From The Guardian

You will only be, after all, a lubberly landsman.

From Project Gutenberg

“Till, woe is me, so lubberly, The vermin came and pressed me.”

From Project Gutenberg

The lubberly, ugly looking sea-hogs appeared as content as their very distant relatives of our sties, while they huddled together and twisted for the sunniest spot, and bellowed in one another's ears.

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