lumberlyadj.
/ˈlʌmbəli/ Clumsy, cumbrous.
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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > largeness > [adjective] > of large volume or bulky > and clumsy
unridec1175
un-i-weldec1275
boistous?a1400
cumbrousa1400
roida1450
clubbishc1530
lumpish?1573
bouncing1579
unwieldy1582
boisterous1590
unfeirdyc1590
lumbering1593
cumbersome1594
elephantic1598
elephant-likea1603
moliminous1642
clumpish1681
rhinocerical1689
hulking1699
hulky1785
lumberly1805
elephantine1826
rhinocerial1828
lumbersome1834
clumpy1836
lumbrous1836
hippopotamic1853
hippopotamian1864
megatherial1894
hippopotamine1911
1805 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) II. 488 The latter word shall have become an incurable synonym, a lumberly duplicate.
1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 107 Lummerly or Lumberly, awkward, cumbrous.
1880 J. A. H. Murray 9th Ann. Addr. Philol. Soc. 30 England is stirring, in a slow, lumberly, and timorous fashion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2020).
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