English → Latin
“clumsily” in Latin
ineptusunsuitable; impertinent, improper, tasteless; senseless, sillyincommodusinconvenient, unsuitable, unfit, unseasonable; troublesome, disagreeableīnscītusignorant, inexperienced, unskilful; silly, stupidincompositusdisorderly, disorganized; clumsyinurbānusrustic, ungraceful, unmannerlyrūsticusof the country, rural, rustic; unrefined, boorish, coarse
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
clumsily
inepte: incommode: inscite: raste: to be clumsily made, vasto esse corpore (of men and beasts): inscite factum esse (of things): iucondite: inficete: incomposite: illiberaliter: inurbane: rustice: to act clumsily, corporis motu esse agrestem: rustice se praebere (to behave clumsily). also rustice facere: to dance clumsily, minus commode saltare: not to behave clumsily, non incommode se gerere: crasse: insulse: ineleganter: illepide: invenuste.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for clumsily?
- The usual Latin words for “clumsily” are ineptus, incommodus, īnscītus; also incompositus, inurbānus, rūsticus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.