1 Awkward in movement or in handling things: the cold made his fingers clumsy. More example sentences. 1  He is an awkward, clumsy boy in the community. 2  As it rocks from side to side, a walking penguin may look clumsy, but its movements are actually quite efficient.3  The girls were running and giggling at the same time, making them clumsy in their movements and me even angrier. Awkward in movement or in handling things: the cold made his fingers clumsy. More example sentences. 1  He is an awkward, clumsy boy in the community. 2  As it rocks from side to side, a walking penguin may look clumsy, but its movements are actually quite efficient.