Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Clumsy; unworkmanlike.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Bungling; awkward.
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- adjective
bungling ;awkward
Etymologies
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botcher + -ly
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Examples
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Pigault, in a clumsy, botcherly fashion, made "outers" not infrequently.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century George Saintsbury 1889
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