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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLUMSINESS, n. The quality of being short and thick, and moving heavily; awkwardness; unhandiness; ungainliness; want of readiness, nimbleness or dexterity.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness]
2: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness] [ant: gracefulness]
3: the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) [syn: awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness]

Merriam Webster's

noun see clumsy

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Clumsiness Clum"si*ness, n. The quality of being clumsy. The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. --Collier.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see clumsy