bunglingly

Meanings

• Adjective

  Performing a task clumsily or ineptly.

  - "Despite his expertise, John's bunglingly handling of the project led to numerous errors."
  - "The bunglingly prepared meal was inedible."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with bunglingly
munglingly , clingingly , tinglingly

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Variants

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bungling , bunglingly , bungle , bungled , bungler , bunglers , bungles

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Etymology

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Originally meant 'clumsily' or 'awkwardly' in the nautical sense, from the Dutch 'bungelen' or 'bung' meaning 'clumsy' or 'awkward'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'bunglingly' was first used in English literature in the 16th century.

2. Bunglingly is a homophone of the word 'gobblingly', which means eating quickly and noisily.

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Related Concepts

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1. Clumsiness: The inability to perform tasks with ease and grace.

2. Ineptitude: The lack of ability to perform a task effectively.

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Culture

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Bunglingly has been used in various forms of literature and media to depict characters who are clumsy or inept, such as in the novel 'Tristram Shandy' by Laurence Sterne.

How to Memorize "bunglingly"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize someone attempting to perform a task with great difficulty and making numerous mistakes.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'bunglingly' with the image of a person tripping over their own feet or dropping things frequently.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic by remembering the word 'bunglingly' as 'bung' + 'lingly' where 'bung' represents clumsiness and 'lingly' represents the way someone performs a task.

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