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adjectivelumberly (comparative more lumberly, superlative most lumberly)
comparative more lumberly · superlative most lumberly
- Clumsy, cumbrous.
A thoughtful looking Pelican comes flapping along […] and with a lumberly struggle of wings, touching the waves with his feet for a short distance, he is off, carrying an important air, as though he had remarkably pressing business in hand.
1893, The Nidiologist, volumes 1-4, page 37Synonyms: lumbersome
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adjectiveClumsy, cumbrous.
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