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lumberly

lumberly adjective: clumsy, cumbrous.

Adjective

lumberly (comparative more lumberly, superlative most lumberly)

  1. 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 37
    Synonyms:
    lumbersome

Synonyms of lumberly

Forms of lumberly

comparativemore lumberly
superlativemost lumberly

Origin of lumberly

From lumber + -ly.

Questions about lumberly

What does lumberly mean?
Lumberly means clumsy, cumbrous.
What part of speech is lumberly?
Lumberly is an adjective.

Words near lumberly in the dictionary

  1. lumberjacking
  2. lumberjacks
  3. lumberjill
  4. lumberjills
  5. lumberless
  6. lumberly
  7. lumberman
  8. lumbermen
  9. lumbermill
  10. lumbermills
  11. lumberroom

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