lumpishly

Only now, 30 years after his death, has he been accorded a biography, which, typically, is not a very good one—humorless, lumpishly written and utterly devoid of the raffish yet paradoxically doomy spirit that moved his best work.

We Shall Not See His Like Again Richard Schickel 2011

But gah, that submission for next week is being very stubborn and keeps lying there lumpishly on the page.

Cat Rambo catrambo 2007

Our dear Merdle would then receive his instructions; and would sit heavily among the company at table and wander lumpishly about his drawing – rooms afterwards, only remarkable for appearing to have nothing to do with the entertainment beyond being in its way.

Little Dorrit 2007

But the fiendish glowing screens had another, far eviller plan (yes, "eviller" is now a word; get over it), and before I was three-quarters through "The Importance of Being Ernest," I was sitting lumpishly in front of one of them for far longer than anyone could consider healthy -- clicking away mindlessly, oblivious to those around me and whether or not they were downloading porn (goat or otherwise).

bluemeany Diary Entry bluemeany 2005

Hendrix succeeds almost uniformly in blending spy-caper action with mind-boggling discourse quite believably and non-lumpishly.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

He draped himself grotesquely in his toweling bathrobe and a pink and white couch-cover, and sat lumpishly in a wing-chair.

Babbit 2004

His report on the acoustical work, lumpishly titled “The Song of the Indris Indri indri; Primates: Lemuroidea: Natural History, Form, and Function,” was published in the International Journal of Primatology.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

His report on the acoustical work, lumpishly titled “The Song of the Indris Indri indri; Primates: Lemuroidea: Natural History, Form, and Function,” was published in the International Journal of Primatology.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

To his thinking, Purdy had cut a poor figure during the visit: he had said no intelligent word, but had lounged lumpishly in his chair — the very picture of the country man come up to the metropolis — and, growing tired of this, had gone like a restless child to thrum his fingers on the panes.

Australia Felix 2003

None of her three ever grabbed, or gobbled, or drank with a full mouth; nor were they either lumpishly shy or over-forward, like the general ruck of colonial children.

Ultima Thule 2003