in a way that is not smooth or steady or careful 笨拙: 不平稳,不稳重或不小心She stumbled clumsily down the dark hallway. 她笨拙地跌跌撞撞地走过黑暗的走廊。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryClumsily is used with these verbs:- try
without skill or in a way that offends people 无技巧的;冒犯人的;不得体的 The novel's several flashbacks are clumsily handled. 这部小说的几次倒叙处理得很笨拙。