lumberly

English

Etymology

From lumber +‎ -ly.

Adjective

lumberly (comparative more lumberly, superlative most lumberly)

  1. Clumsy, cumbrous.
    Synonym: lumbersome
    • 1893, The Nidiologist, volumes 1-4, page 37:
      A thoughtful looking Pelican comes flapping along […] and with a lumberly struggle of wings, touching the waves with his feet for a short distance, he is off, carrying an important air, as though he had remarkably pressing business in hand.
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