3 QUOTES WITH «CLUMSILY»
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clumsily.
One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people.
I am often drawn to what appear at first to be 'dark' or 'difficult' subjects, but which, upon further examination, are always and only reflections of the ways human beings attempt, however clumsily, badly, or well, to connect with others.
I lied a lot when I was a kid. Somehow, I still do this today, but maybe in another way - not quite as ridiculously clumsily as I used to. But still, I think making music has a lot to do with it. One invents something that one can't possibly be. With songs, one invents a world that wouldn't exist otherwise.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLUMSILY»
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clumsily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
English Words and Sentences: An Introduction
5.5 Adverbs and words they combine with There remain two other word classes
to be discussed, illustrated by pounced and clumsily in our example sentence.
We will leave pounce until later, and focus on clumsily now. Establishing the
word ...
Eva Duran Eppler, Gabriel Ozón, 2013
2
Trukese-English Dictionary
put hand to something, handle. angakkdy (vi.): handle quickly. angamaaw(vi.):
take or handle roughly. angammang (vi.): take or handle slowly. angamwas (vi.,
Tbl.): handle a thing very badly or clumsily (so as to break). angamwmwaaw (vi. )
...
3
A Companion to Donald Davidson
(20) Miss Scarlet stabbed Colonel Mustard clumsily (21) Miss Scarlet stabbed
Colonel Mustard with a grey dagger. (22) Miss Scarlet stabbed Colonel Mustard
proficiently (23) Miss Scarlet stabbed Colonel Mustard with a red dagger. (24)
Miss ...
Ernest Lepore, Kirk Ludwig, 2013
4
Crucial Readings in Functional Grammar
(this vol. [1990]). In each case the adverb is represented using the format
proposed in Vet (1 986). (39) Classes of adverbs a. Adverb1 (e.g. Manner,
Degree): (f,:verb (f,): (f2: adverbiv (f2)) (f,)) 'The tall boy played clumsily' (f,:
adjective (f,): ...
Matthew Anstey, J. Lachlan Mackenzie, 2005
course indicate what verb it is being used to modify: but more than that, the
position can also affect the sense of the expression, i.e., the way in which it
modifies that verb. Compare, for example : — fli He clumsily trod on the snail. at
Clumsily he ...
6
A popular and complete English dictionary
CLUMSILY. Clouding, kloud'fag, p pr. Overspreading with clouds; obscuring;
giving an appearance of gloom orrallenness. Clocd-Fehced, kliud'fenst, a.
Surrounded and protected by clouds. Ciocd-Kjsjiisg, kloud'kls-sing, a. Touch! ug
the ...
7
An Explanatory and Phonographic Pronouncing Dictionary of ...
An Indiunthatched house. BUNGED. hilnrrd', pp. Stopped with a hung.
BUNGHOLE, bdng5hB'l, 1:. The hole at which the Bilmrrel is filleél. 1 h b I NGING.
b ng- ng, . Stopping up wit a un . BUNGL E, biing;:'l. vi. ,'i"hrperform clumsily.
8
People of the Book: A Novel
The "complex and moving"(The New Yorker) novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks follows a rare manuscript through centuries of exile and war Inspired by a true story, People of the Book is a novel of sweeping historical grandeur ...
9
Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Language
Contrary adverbs (e.g., gracefully vs. clumsily) prove the source of syntactical
insight: (7) Jones gracefully and Godfrey clumsily buttered 613 pastries for
brunch. As what is graceful is not clumsy, Jones buttering 365 brioches and
Godfrey, 248 ...
Gillian Russell, Delia Graff Fara, 2013
10
Studies on Semantics in Generative Grammar
... and in (vi) it is ambiguous as between (a) and i /> i : (iii) clumsily, John trod on
the snail (iv) John trod on the snail, clumsily (v) John trod on the snail clumsily (vi)
John clumsily trod on the snail. The examples are discussed in Austin (1956-7).
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLUMSILY»
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The case of the Frankenstein Nefertiti: it's time to revolt against ugly …
From a daft statue of Peter Falk in Budapest to the colossally kitsch couple at St Pancras Station in London, clumsily executed excuses for ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Real-life sisters bring both humor and heart to a touching immigrant …
... the director trips somewhat clumsily into “magical Negro” territory. Nonetheless, Sheridan's attention to real, messy emotional dilemmas and ... «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jul 15»
Norwegian father-of-2 posts video of what it's like to live with 16 …
Another section of the video just sees them chaotically playing amongst each other, while clumsily bumping into fellow puppies and the ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Report reveals school board dysfunction
... school division since the report — written by an NDP-appointed, former Seven Oaks School Division superintendent — is so clumsily written ... «Winnipeg Sun, Jul 15»
Travis Shaw big hit (or 3) in victory
He also would have had a double in the fourth but clumsily tripped while rounding first. That didn't matter, though, because without Shaw's ... «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
Tangerine Review
The energetic high of Tangerine causes it to clumsily force the story in certain directions, while negating the impact of some quietly powerful ... «We Got This Covered, Jul 15»
Foreign Authors Face Hurdles with China's Publication Taboos
Smith, who co-authored the book, said that the edits did not change the sense of the book but it was "clumsily censored." "Any mentions of ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
Qld pair plead guilty to stun gun sales
The legislation capturing the category R weapons was "clumsily worded" and also included rocket launchers, machine guns and mortars, ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
Give death its due in a system focused on life
At his most vulnerable, my father suffered, and we were treated clumsily. Over 10 days in hospital, he became distressed and frightened, and ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
Egypt anti-terror bill speeds trials
He called the bill “half-cooked,” saying it was clumsily written. He also bristled at the implication that rising terrorism was linked to delays in ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
