lumberly

adj

lumberly

adj

Etymology From lumber + -ly.

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:

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