What's the difference between clumsily and clumsy?
Clumsily
Definition:
(adv.) In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily.
Example Sentences:
(1) The government has blamed a clumsily worded press release for the furore, denying there would be random checks of the public.
(2) He changes the subject in a way that is clumsily endearing yet explains why he sometimes had trouble communicating his heartfelt vision to the public.
(3) The palace also reached clumsily for the Scottish card.
(4) I finally found my trusty rubber friend amongst kirby grips and tissues, and clumsily put it on, adding buoyantly: “I’m really looking forward to this!” Everything was then going tickety-boo until my rubber friend went off-piste and wedged itself stubbornly somewhere between my cervix and uterus.
(5) Patrice Evra had more reason than most to be grateful to Payet after clumsily bringing down Nicolae Stanciu to give away the penalty that brought Romania level nine minutes after Olivier Giroud had given France a second-half lead.
(6) The King Jacob stopped 100 metres from the marooned boat, whose captain – believed to be a Tunisian – manoeuvred clumsily in the dark, ramming the Portuguese boat.
(7) Joleon Lescott last weekend irked supporters by clumsily saying relegation was a “weight off the shoulders”.
(8) That ill-fated effort was bedeviled with missteps, including a question about climate change clumsily planted with an Iowan college student .
(9) He's now clattered clumsily into the back of Matuidi.
(10) "First Gadzhi joined them and then Ramzan, who danced clumsily with his gold-plated automatic stuck down in the back of his jeans … Both Gadzhi and Ramzan showered the dancing children with $100 bills; the dancers probably picked upwards of US$5,000 off the cobblestones."
(11) Some species are eliminated through sheer human carelessness, as we clumsily attempt to mould the world in our image.
(12) I'm not convinced I'm much help, clumsily treading water in my flippers, but Moi takes charge and soon we have a few dozen fish, which he chops up for us to eat raw.
(13) 3.29am GMT Half-time: Seattle 1-0 Colorado Half-time thoughts in a moment 3.29am GMT 45 mins +3 Harris picks up the Rapids second yellow as he clatters in clumsily in pursuit of the ball.
(14) Swansea looked like they might cling on but with the clock ticking down Àngel Rangel clumsily bundled into Firmino and Milner made no mistake from the spot.
(15) But then O'Sullivan plays down table and clumsily watches his top spin take the cueball in off and into the bottom left corner pocket.
(16) Sing If You Can is so very terrible that when it clumsily cuts from Lisa Maxwell being dangled in a rubbish bin singing The Only Way Is Up to shots of children with terrible illnesses, they genuinely lift my spirits.
(17) After a first-half in which Bojan Krkic, making his first start for eight months, was inspirational, a penalty clumsily conceded by Marko Arnautovic gave the visitors hope, before Jamie Vardy , with his third goal in as many games, opportunistically secured the draw.
(18) Through my viewfinder I am watching Ataqullah clumsily struggling to take his first steps on the new plastic leg while his shattered arm swings beside him.
(19) Updated at 9.47pm BST 9.46pm BST 43 min: Zuniga rather clumsily clatters into Neymar as the former jinks around a bit down the inside left.
(20) Perez is hacked down by Vlaar, clumsily rather than maliciously, 25 yards out, just to the right of goal.
Clumsy
Definition:
(superl.) Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
(superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.
Example Sentences:
(1) In both, objective aggravation occurred in three or more steps over four days, progressing from minor finger clumsiness to total paralysis of the arm.
(2) Since she was 25-year-old, she had had insomnia which accompanied by choked feelings, palpitations, clumsiness of hands and anxiety.
(3) Salmond and his finance secretary, John Swinney, have pushed for Scotland to be given control over corporation tax, excise duties and greater borrowing powers in the new bill, but those measures were rejected as ill thought out and clumsy by the UK government and Labour.
(4) The problem is that, whilst severely affected children can be readily recognized, identification of mildly and moderately clumsy children is difficult.
(5) Clumsy US tactics and policies exacerbated a deteriorating situation.
(6) Several lines from the 1984 song were heavily criticised here and in Africa for being clumsy and patronising, including the one about no rivers flowing in Africa – the continent of the Nile, Congo and Niger.
(7) Ethanol impaired performance in most objective tests and produced clumsiness, muzziness, and mental slowness, but little drowsiness.
(8) The unfairly maligned camel is a model of sleek, practical and elegant design compared with the clumsy creature the coalition has produced.
(9) The arcane wiring when electricity came along, the subsequent clumsy rewiring; the cheap flat conversion in the 1960s; the constant saga of patch and mend from occupants who never have the money or vision to remake the whole thing from scratch - all this, and more, was paralleled on the WCML on an enormous scale.
(10) It is difficult to comprehend the logic of expecting improvements in this agenda while withdrawing half a billion dollars in funding to many service agencies, and leaving them poised precariously at the mercy of a clumsy and poorly executed “advancement” strategy.
(11) DZ but not O 60 was reported to have caused lethargy and clumsiness during subchronic treatment.
(12) A nine year-old girl admitted to our hospital complaining of clumsiness of hands and walking, disability of reading, headache and vomiting.
(13) Her main project is new girl Tai (the late Brittany Murphy) who arrives at school as a clumsy, unconfident "ugly duckling" ripe for making over – allowing the film to indulge in that wonderful 80s teen movie trope: the dressing up montage.
(14) Clinical syndromes were classified according to Fisher's criteria into pure motor hemiparesis (PM), sensorimotor stroke (SM) and ataxic hemiparesis (AH) including dysarthria clumsy hand syndrome.
(15) Observations by parents and teachers rated the clumsy children inferior to their controls in writing, sporting ability and clumsiness.
(16) Even if the move seemed dictatorial in the short term, it served to enshrine a constitution that in the long-term actually curtails Morsi's power – which to the Brotherhood makes his actions well-intentioned, if clumsy.
(17) The children with learning disabilities were divided into two groups--"clumsy" and "nonclumsy"--based on their scores on the motor impairment test.
(18) Fulham were furious in 2012 when Liverpool's attempt to take Clint Dempsey from them saw the Merseyside club deliver clumsy bulletins.
(19) Analysis of the data indicated that, as expected, the clumsy children with learning disabilities scored significantly lower than the children without learning disabilities (the control group).
(20) Abnormal clumsiness in otherwise normal children has often been associated with both perceptual and motor defects, but the cause of this problem remains unclear.