He snatched the bills clumsily. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : He is very clumsy and is always breaking things. ,He made a clumsy, embarrassed apology. From Dictionary.com.
Svanberg later apologised for speaking "clumsily". From Wordnik.com. [The First Post: Latest] Reference
A later statement said Mr Svanberg had spoken "clumsily". From Wordnik.com. [The Latest From www.inthenews.co.uk] Reference
Mr Svanberg, who is Swedish, said he had spoken "clumsily" and repeated his promise to "put things right". From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
It all kicked off when LeBlanc "clumsily" knocked into the reporter's table, "sending glasses flying", claims the newspaper. From Wordnik.com. [New Zealand Herald - Top Stories] Reference
"clumsily" by referring to those hurt by the company's oil spill as "small people" following a. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Why is the coverage of President Obama like a theater review?] Reference
His wife leaned over and kissed his cheek clumsily. From Wordnik.com. [Citadel] Reference
Hacking into servers so clumsily that you get caught?. From Wordnik.com. [Taking Down China’s ‘Great Firewall’] Reference
But this clumsily made jeremiad seemed tame and old hat. From Wordnik.com. [TEN WORST MOVIES OF 2004] Reference
Burrows's analysis is devastating, if clumsily delivered. From Wordnik.com. [Split Decision On A Slugfest] Reference
Some are truly awful -- ponderously written and clumsily organized. From Wordnik.com. [Advise And Consent] Reference
I write for the humble bumble bee flying clumsily from flower to flower. From Wordnik.com. [Why I write] Reference
Had there not, why would he be so clumsily attentive and tongue-tied now?. From Wordnik.com. [Let Us Pretend] Reference
Pierre followed, walking clumsily as his legs stretched to keep up the pace. From Wordnik.com. [White Pierre, Part One] Reference
The text is poorly organized, clumsily written and longer than the story warrants. From Wordnik.com. [Treason At The Times] Reference
I close the door and enter our apartment clumsily, off balance from the shifting box. From Wordnik.com. [First Chapter of Rain (novel)] Reference
It must have stuck, he was so long about it, and his big hands fumbled it so clumsily. From Wordnik.com. [Madge Morton's Victory] Reference
Why did Andrew Lansley swing the axe, as clumsily as possible, to decapitate NHS Direct?. From Wordnik.com. [Diary] Reference
The craft was becoming so water-logged that she acted clumsily, and they had their hands full. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview] Reference
They say it moved very clumsily on land — probably good enough reason to take to the water. From Wordnik.com. [Sonoma Coast] Reference
It had been the wet nose of the cow that touched her hand and she had clumsily dodged the sheep. From Wordnik.com. [Rainbow Hill] Reference
By any measure, the German government has responded slowly and clumsily to the right-wing threat. From Wordnik.com. [Germany's Furies] Reference
Glass-Eye, half asleep, clumsily gathered up her parcels, while Lily looked round for the baggage-man. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
Regardless, I howl in agony and driven by the pain I am somehow able to clumsily stagger to my feet. From Wordnik.com. [Badface Investigates - Fighting] Reference
Such market leverage -- though sometimes clumsily or foolishly applied -- will be increasingly essential. From Wordnik.com. [Harold Pollack: Double Count of Irony in Republican Arguments About Medicare] Reference
At their first, informal meeting on Jan. 24, Bryant had clumsily asked Lewinsky if she had voted for Clinton. From Wordnik.com. [Why Clinton Won] Reference
American diplomats and spooks assiduously (albeit clumsily) courted Arab nationalist leaders in both Syria and Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [How We Got to This Point] Reference
Most days, I would shuffle clumsily from class to class with sleep-clouded eyes and nod off during classroom lectures. From Wordnik.com. [Surviving A Year Of Sleepless Nights] Reference
They say they think that she clumsily followed Shallenberger's orders and didn't comprehend what had been put in motion. From Wordnik.com. [Convicted killer pleads for her life as execution date in Virginia nears] Reference
Jim, who had been watching them quietly, noted that most of them disembarked clumsily, more like landlubbers than sailors. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The Normans boarded their train, tumbling clumsily one into another over the dirty, evil-smelling floors of the cattle-trucks. From Wordnik.com. [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference
After a few hours of uproar on the Internet, the Swedish Svanberg issued another apology, this time for quote, speaking clumsily. From Wordnik.com. [BP Suspends Dividends, Sets Up Gulf Fund] Reference
But his short-breathed, clumsily phrased, interpretively blank and often pinched and strained singing makes his Don Jose a tough listen. From Wordnik.com. [CD review: Decca's 'Carmen,' featuring Andrea Bocelli] Reference
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