clumsiness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: clumsiness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for clumsiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clumsiness n unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness] the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant Synonym(s): awkwardness, clumsiness Antonym(s): gracefulness the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) Synonym(s): awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Clumsiness \Clum"siness\, n. The quality of being clumsy. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness* and ignorance. --Collier.