How to use clumsily in a sentence

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• He clumsily made a pass at the prom queen, and she responded with a scowl.From the entry make a pass
• He stumbles on the steps and falls, clumsily enough to face-plant on a riser.2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 195. From the entry face-plant
• She was standing reading a yard-long fax, which she clumsily folded and put down.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry yard-long
• Slowly, but surely, the Killer Nose clumsily wobbled across the kitchen floor towards Jamison.1998 October 30, CW, “A Halloween Story...”, in alt.music.rush (Usenet). From the entry boogerball
• Beside him Fflad clumsily unsheathed the sword Cashma’s weaponmaster had given him.1980, Paul R. Fisher, The Hawks of Fellheath, New York, N.Y.: Atheneum, →ISBN, pages 184–185. From the entry weaponmaster
• The letters were executed clumsily, with a smeary black kindergarten exuberance.1959, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 5, in The Sirens of Titan, New York: Random House, published 2009, page 132. From the entry smeary
• Some of the vesicant-proof suits did not fit and the wearers moved uncomfortably and clumsily.1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 190. From the entry vesicant
• Clumsily faked!" "In the face of specimens?" "Ah, there we may have them!1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry Fleet Street
• Once some bandy-legged, lurching creature, an ant-eater or a bear, scuttled clumsily amid the shadows.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC. From the entry bandy-legged
• It lingered there and he removed the hat a little clumsily.1910, Frederick Ritchie Bechdolt, The Hard Rock Man, page 162. From the entry squam
• Twisting and turning on the edge of the 18-yard box, the England international was clumsily brought down by Vicente Iborra, wide on the Leicester left.2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian. From the entry twist and turn
• He unscrewed the top from the pot, dipped the stick in, and clumsily glopped the white mess onto the handbill Minnie was holding.2012, Courtney Milan, The Duchess War. From the entry glop
• The home side were professionally going about their business and were denied a spot-kick when Dunne clumsily barged Nani off the ball.2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC. From the entry barge
• There was no doubt about the penalty either, with Denilson clumsily fouling Gradel and Snodgrass stepping up to find the bottom corner of the net.2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC. From the entry step up
• I focused over her shoulder to where Tara was clumsily rolling a chunk of snow back and forth—to build a snowman, I guessed.1998, Kai Maristed, Belong to Me: Stories, Random House, →ISBN, page 79. From the entry snowchild
• The obsessive subject of our sterile confrontation between the two PCs ― the politically and the patriotically correct ― is clumsily labeled "multiculturalism".1993, Robert Hughes, Culture of Complaint. From the entry patriotically
• He remembered her look of distress, her childish "Oh!" when he took her for the first time, clumsily, because he felt ashamed.1967 [1945], Georges Simenon, translated by Jean Stewart, Monsieur Monde Vanishes, New York, N.Y.; London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich…. From the entry take
• The grass rippled and whispered, a mystery on this windless day, and an uneasieness settled over me as the whitebacks rose clumsily into the air, abandoning their carrion.2013, George Makana Clark, The Raw Man, page 168. From the entry whiteback
• He is wearing a freshly starched cravat and a new sergdusoy jacket, his boots are polished and he carries a clumsily wrapped package under his arms.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 240. From the entry sergedusoy
• If marked beauty be absent from the French face, how much more is marked dulness, marked brutality, the lumpishness of the clumsily made and the unfinished!1908, Edith Wharton, A Motor-Flight Through France, Part II, Chapter I, p. 77. From the entry lumpishness
• They had been clumsily and crudely restored around the face and hair, and she had decided to unrestore them and return them as closely as possible to their original appearance.2013, Robert Holdstock, The Fetch, →ISBN. From the entry unrestore

Meaning of clumsily

1. adverb In a clumsy manner or way; without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly.

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Questions about clumsily in a sentence

How do you use clumsily in a sentence?

Clumsily is used as an adverb. For example: “He clumsily made a pass at the prom queen, and she responded with a scowl.”

What is a short sentence with clumsily?

“It lingered there and he removed the hat a little clumsily.”

What does clumsily mean?

Clumsily means in a clumsy manner or way; without care or finesse, often hurriedly or awkwardly.