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.