单词 | unwieldily |
释义 | unˈwieldily, adv. [f. unwieldy a. + -ly2.] In an unwieldy or awkward manner; cumbrously.
c1610Chapman Iliad To Rdr. A 5, Their long words Shewe in short verse, as in a narrow place, Two opposites should meet, with two-hand swords; Vnwieldily, without or use or grace. 1611Cotgr., Inhabilement,..weakely; vnweldily, vneasily. 1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iv. 623 His finny Flocks about their Shepherd play... Unweildily they wallow first in Ooze, Then in the shady Covert seek Repose. 1830Fraser's Mag. I. 24 It slides amain, unwieldily, Into the universal sea. 1848T. Aird Summer Day, Noon 39 The cottar's cow..comes Cantering unwieldily. 1862Smiles Engineers III. 101 Locomotives..dragging themselves unwieldily along at..five or six miles an hour. |

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