cumberously

Updated: May 22, 2025

"Le's see," and Raften and Moore, after stabbing at the plans with huge forefingers and fumbling cumberously at the much-pawed documents, said together: "Yes, it says cubic feet." Yan quickly measured the length of the room and took the height with the map-lifter. The three graybeards gazed with awe and admiration as they saw how sure he seemed.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Two Little Savages : Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned