cumbrously
- adverb
- /ˈkʌmbrəsli/
- Archaic
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torpemente
- The team cumbrously moved the bulky equipment across the uneven ground.
Examples
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Gulliver recovers consciousness, stirs, and cumbrously extricates himself from under the table.
Fiction book (1998) -
He cumbrously carried the huge box up the stairs, struggling with its weight.
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Stalled in traffic, the components of his temper seemed to issue like exhaust from the cars on the road and mass cumbrously inside his lungs.
Fiction book (1997) -
She cumbrously searched through the stacked papers on her desk, looking for the important document.
Synonyms
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In a way that causes trouble or makes things hard
In an awkward, slow way that makes things difficult
In a large awkward way that is hard to move
To move in a slow, heavy, and awkward way
In a heavy, clumsy way that makes movement feel awkward
In a way that makes something hard to do or bear
In a way that causes a lot of extra work or trouble
Antonyms
How Cumbersome
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cumbrously comes from cumbersome and the old verb cumber, which meant 'to burden' or 'to hinder', so imagine being weighed down by a heavy load. So, to act cumbrously is to move or work in a slow, awkward, or heavy way.