Antonyms for bumblingbum·bling

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1. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handedadjective

   lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

   "a bumbling mechanic"; "a bungling performance"; "ham-handed governmental interference"; "could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature"- Mary H. Vorse

   Antonyms:
   adroit

   Synonyms:
   left-handed, levorotary, incompetent, levorotatory, butterfingered, morganatic, handless, roughshod, heavy-handed, fumbling, clumsy, ham-handed, ham-fisted, bungling

How to use bumbling in a sentence?

1. Chris Farley:

   The (original) concept was the Shrek character was a little bit more like Chris, like a humble, bumbling innocent guy.

2. Andrew Digby:

   Those sort of skills and the balance and learning how to cope with the New Zealand bush is quite a big skill, when they're at this stage...they look pretty cute, they're like bumbling puppies at the moment.

3. Nigel Kneale:

   We're not quite so bumbling and hopeless as you like to think.

4. Suranand Vejjajiva:

   A lot of people ... say he's a bumbling fool. But he's not. He's smart enough, but does he have the world view or the perspective to run the country? I doubt it.

5. Minxin Pei:

   Now things are getting better and he wants to show that his leadership has been a success, the messaging is that we should see the Wests response as bumbling and incompetent.

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