lubberly

  • 11lubberly — a. Clumsy, awkward, clownish, bungling …

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  • 12lubberly — adj awkward, clumsy, inept, maladroit, heavy handed, blundering, bungling, gawky or gawk ish, ungainly, like a bull in a china shop, Inf. butter fingered, Sl. klutzy; loutish, oafish, doltish, lumpish, lumpen, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish;… …

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  • 13lubberly — lub·ber·ly …

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  • 14land-lubberly — landˈ lubberly adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑land …

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  • 15landlubberly — adjective inexperienced in seamanship of all landlubbers the most lubberly • Syn: ↑lubberly • Similar to: ↑unseamanlike • Derivationally related forms: ↑landlubber, ↑lubber ( …

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  • 16Size — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Size >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 size size magnitude dimension bulk volume Sgm: N 1 largeness largeness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 greatness greatness &c.(of quantity) 31 Sgm: N 1 e …

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  • 17gawmless —  stupid, awkward, lubberly. Yet a great gawming fellow means also awkward and lubberly. N …

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  • 18lub´ber|li|ness — lub|ber|ly «LUHB uhr lee», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. loutish; clumsy; stupid. SYNONYM(S): bungling, gawky. 2. awkward in the work of a sailor: »Such was Rope Yarn; of all land lubbers the most lubberly and most miserable (Herman Melville). –adv …

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  • 19lub|ber|ly — «LUHB uhr lee», adjective, adverb. –adj. 1. loutish; clumsy; stupid. SYNONYM(S): bungling, gawky. 2. awkward in the work of a sailor: »Such was Rope Yarn; of all land lubbers the most lubberly and most miserable (Herman Melville). –adv …

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  • 20Awkward — Awk ward ([add]k we[ e]rd), a. [Awk + ward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an… …

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