clouterly

English

Etymology

From clouter +‎ -ly.

Adjective

clouterly (comparative more clouterly, superlative most clouterly)

1. (obsolete) Clumsy; awkward.
   • 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CCCXLVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson;  […], →OCLC:

     I say that he seems to me to be so set, so prim, so affected, so mincing, yet so clouterly in his person, that I dare engage for thy opinion if thou dost justice to him, and to thyself, that thou never beheldest such another, except in a pier-glass.

   • 1856, E. Phillips, The Works of William Shakspere, Dramatic and Poetical:

     Let us observe Spenser, with all his rusty obsolete words, with all his rough-hewn, clouterly verses.