clumsily in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for clumsily in the English»Spanish Dictionary

clumsily [Am ˈkləmzəli, Brit ˈklʌmzɪli] ADV

1. clumsily walk/handle/apologize:

clumsily

torpemente

clumsily

con torpeza

2. clumsily:

clumsily made/fashioned

toscamente

clumsily written

con poca fluidez

Translations for clumsily in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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torpemente

clumsily

torpemente

clumsily

hubo gran desprolijidad en el manejo de su renuncia

his resignation was handled very clumsily

se disculpó de manera torpe

she excused herself clumsily

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Once, in a sewing class in high school, he clumsily sewed his finger with a sewing machine.

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A kluge is a patched-together solution for a problem, clumsily assembled from whatever materials are immediately available.

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I don't mean bad language it's so clumsily put together.

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A kludge is a collection of parts that clumsily but effectively provides a temporary solution to a fault or problem, especially in computer systems.

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Both are far more eloquent than the cringeworthy word this interviewer clumsily slips into the conversation.

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Sea hares (gastropod molluscs) employ a similar means of jet propulsion, but without the sophisticated neurological machinery of cephalopods they navigate somewhat more clumsily.

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I gazed at the wicker basket clumsily tucked underneath her desk.

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These are typically people who stumble on insider information, and then clumsily try to profit from it.

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The execution was clumsily handled; it took two hours for some of them to strangle.

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