Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a cumbersome manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
cumbersome way.
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Examples
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Key ideas, not for traditional discussion or dialogue with their strong focus on reaching immediate "conclusions" to take cumbersomely on to the next discussion.
Rick Holland: A New Future Needs a New Approach -- Could These Be 5 Key Ideas? Rick Holland 2012
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These days every piece of paper from both green-minded or green-washing companies seems to have that cumbersomely long yet necessary tag line, "printed on 100% post-consumer recycled fiber with vegetable-based inks" -- or some version thereof.
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Halfway across the reef, a group of divers paddled cumbersomely, their metal tanks bobbing on their backs.
...And Nail 2010
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The Kindle appears to allow you to access more symbols for use in your notes; somewhat cumbersomely but they're there, while with the Reader you have fewer symbols more easily accessed.
Archive 2009-01-01 The Brillig Blogger 2009
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Rather, the bird now can receive computer commands through electrodes in its brain from the device attached – rather cumbersomely, it seems – atop its head. (w/pic)
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(Though props still go to the cumbersomely-monikered one for his team's victory over the Cincinnati Bengals.)
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I don't know how to link Fitzgerald's blog, so I cumbersomely add it here.
Republicans Demand Obama Say He Wants Fitzgerald To Stay -- Even Though He Already Has 2009
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Her dad Commissioner James Gordon gets his own one-shot, in the cumbersomely titled Batman: Battle for the Cowl—Commissioner Gordon, by Royal McGraw and Tom Mandrake with a cover by Ladronn.
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The statute seems to be cumbersomely written but it appears the intent was to deny the use of the “Castle Doctrine” defense to someone engaged in drug trafficking.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Drug Dealers’ Self-Defense Against Other Drug Dealers 2009
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The Kindle appears to allow you to access more symbols for use in your notes; somewhat cumbersomely but they're there, while with the Reader you have fewer symbols more easily accessed.
Compare & Contrast The Brillig Blogger 2009
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