† bungerlyadj.adv.
Obsolete.
A. adj.
Unworkmanlike, bungling, slovenly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > unskilled in art or craft > unworkmanlike
unworkmanly1545
botcherly1562
bungerly1596
unworkmanlike1647
untradesmanlike1863
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. M3 The bungerliest vearses..that euer were scande.
1615 T. Adams Blacke Devill 18 The more shallow in knowledge, the more bungerly in wickednesse.
B. adv.
Clumsily.
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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
1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 1393 Bungerly doone. Infabre.
1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande i. f. 1/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Bungerly to botch vp a riche garment, by clowting it with patches of sundrye coulours.
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. x. 299 The Enemies shippes..were bungerly made.
Derivatives
ˈbungerliness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [noun] > clumsiness or awkwardness
bungerliness1598
lubberliness1598
indexterity1611
sinisterity1623
clumsiness1652
ungainness1727
ungainliness1755
awkwardnessa1770
maladroitness1781
ponderousness1801
lumberingness1869
gawkihood1872
gawkiness1873
klutziness1973
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Grossolaneria, clownishnes..grosnes, bungerlines.
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