uncleverlyadv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈklɛvəli/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈklɛvəli/, U.S. /ˌənˈklɛvərli/ Not cleverly; in an unintelligent or unskilful way; clumsily.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adverb]
sotly1154
blately1513
grossly?1531
dully1533
blockishly1556
bluntly1557
buzzardly1561
sottishly1566
thickly1574
doltishly1580
witlessly1598
stupidiously1600
brainlessly1610
stupidly?1611
insulsely1637
uncleverly1697
numbskully1708
unintelligently1754
stupid?1757
duncishly1826
stockishly1846
sumphishly1850
simple-mindedly1851
obtusely1863
crassly1883
bovinely1900
unperceptively1935
simplistically1939
obtusively1953
dopily1958
gormlessly1958
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly
unhagherlyc1175
unslyly?a1400
roughc1400
unslya1425
rudelyc1425
unhandsomely1545
grosslyc1550
untowardly?1550
botcherly?1566
bungerly1574
lubberlike1575
lumpishly1583
clouterly1593
lubberly1594
foggily1599
awkly1603
unwieldilyc1610
cumbersomely1611
uneasily1611
sinisterly1628
left-handedly1648
ungainlya1661
awkwardly1663
clumsily1691
uncleverly1697
wrong1727
unwieldly1793
gawkily1811
maladroitly1827
undexterously1848
flat-footedly1886
ham-fistedly1964
ham-handedly1964
1697 J. Young Let. 26 Oct. in Faith Promoted (1772) lv. 30 We do them [sc. acts of adoration] as uncleverly as a prisoner in shackles and fetters would run a race.
1865 London Soc. May 437/1 She plotted, planned, and executed, not uncleverly either considering she attained her end.
1901 Land of Sunshine Mar. 218 He cannot spell even the names of the men from whom he has uncleverly rehashed his book.
2010 R. Catchlove Somewhere down Crazy River xlv. 321 I decided, uncleverly, to remain living in the shallows, on the surface of life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adv.1697