lumberingly
Moving without grace
Lumberingly describes movement that is slow, heavy, and awkward—the way a bear walks or an old truck navigates a muddy road.
The adverb captures bulk in motion, suggesting something large moving without grace: The elephant lumberingly made its way to the watering hole.
In a clumsy manner
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
- stumblingWalking clumsily, almost falling
blundering · bumbling · shambling · gawkily · oafishly · ungracefully · maladroitly · ineptly
In a heavy, slow way
- weightilyWith great seriousness
- massivelyTo a huge degree
- heftilyWith substantial mass
- bulkilyIn a large, unwieldy way
thudding · plodding · leaden · elephantine · lead-footed · cumbersomely · laboriously · heavily
Moving slowly, heavily
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
- creepingMoving slowly, stealthily
- sluggishlyIn a slow, lazy manner
dragging · lethargically · torpidly · laboriously · haltingly · languidly · ploddingly · dawdling
Without refinement or polish
- crudelyIn unrefined manner
- uncouthlyIn unrefined manner
- boorishlyIn an uncivilized manner
- unpolishedLacking finish or refinement
roughly · coarsely · gauchely · indelicately · artlessly · tactlessly · rustically · unsophisticatedly
awkwardly
In a clumsy manner
- clumsilyIn an uncoordinated manner
- ungainlyLacking ease of movement
- fumblingClumsy, uncoordinated handling
stumbling · blundering · bumbling · shambling · gawkily · oafishly · ungracefully · maladroitly · ineptly · ham-handedly
ponderously
In a heavy, slow way
bulkily · thudding · plodding · leaden · elephantine · lead-footed · cumbersomely · laboriously · heavily · solidly
plodding
Moving slowly, heavily
sluggishly · dragging · lethargically · torpidly · laboriously · haltingly · languidly · ploddingly · dawdling · lagging
inelegantly
Without refinement or polish
unpolished · roughly · coarsely · gauchely · indelicately · artlessly · tactlessly · rustically · unsophisticatedly · gracelessly