Cumbrously

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cumbrous \Cum"brous\ (k?m"br?s), a.
     1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving
        to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.
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              He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight.  --Swift.


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              That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures
              English composition so extensively.   --De Quincey.
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     2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]
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              A clud of cumbrous gnats.             --Spenser.
        -- {Cum"brous*ly}, adv. -- {Cum"brous*ness}, n.
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