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with Anu Gargcumbrously
PRONUNCIATION:
(KUHM-bruhs-lee) 
MEANING:
adverb: In an awkward or ponderous manner.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Old French encombrer (to hinder), from combre (dam). Earliest documented use: 1401.
USAGE:
“Mr. Chadband moves softly and cumbrously, not unlike a bear who has been taught to walk upright.”
Charles Dickens; Bleak House; Bradbury & Evans; 1853.
Charles Dickens; Bleak House; Bradbury & Evans; 1853.
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