clumsily

1. 1.

   in a clumsy manner

   “he snatched the bills clumsily”

Questions about clumsily

What does clumsily mean?

clumsily means "in a clumsy manner".

How many syllables are in clumsily?

clumsily has 3 syllables: clum-si-ly. The stress falls on "clum". In IPA it is /ˈklʌmsəli/.

Is clumsily a common word?

clumsily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.