What are some opposite words for bumbling?
Antonyms for bumblingbum·bling
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term bumbling.
Princeton's WordNet
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
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adroitSynonyms:
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?
The (original) concept was the Shrek character was a little bit more like Chris, like a humble, bumbling innocent guy.
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.
We're not quite so bumbling and hopeless as you like to think.
Kansas University David Frayer:
Neanderthals are often thought of to be simple-minded mumbling, bumbling, stumbling fools, but the more we know about them the more sophisticated they've become.
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.
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