1. clumsy - Noun
2. clumsy - Adjective
4. clumsy - Adjective Satellite
Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.
Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMen always want to be a woman's first love. That is their clumsy vanity. We women have a more subtle instinct about things. Oscar Wilde
The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it. H. G. Wells
A diary is more or less the work of a man of clay whose hands are clumsy and in whose eyes there is no light. Wallace Stevens
I can do everything with ease on the stage, whereas in real life I feel too big and clumsy. So I didn't choose acting. It chose me. Ingrid Bergman
To pick up in a clumsy way is stealing, to steal in a skillful way is to pick up. Armenian Proverb
Clumsy birds have need of early flight. Chinese Proverb