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fumblesome

fumblesome adjective: marked or characterised by fumbling; clumsy; awkward.

Adjective

fumblesome (comparative more fumblesome, superlative most fumblesome)

  1. Marked or characterised by fumbling; clumsy; awkward
    • Religions exist to explain the world, but then, in my fumblesome way, so do I.2007, Robert L. Root, Landscapes with Figures

Forms of fumblesome

comparativemore fumblesome
superlativemost fumblesome

Origin of fumblesome

From fumble + -some.

Questions about fumblesome

What does fumblesome mean?
Fumblesome means marked or characterised by fumbling; clumsy; awkward.
What part of speech is fumblesome?
Fumblesome is an adjective.

Words near fumblesome in the dictionary

  1. fumblerooski
  2. fumblerooskis
  3. fumblers
  4. fumbles
  5. fumbles the bag
  6. fumblesome
  7. fumblest
  8. fumbleth
  9. fumblier
  10. fumbliest
  11. fumblin'

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