Meaning of blundery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Characterised or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed up.
2. Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
3. Moving blindly or clumsily; blundering.

Examples

“Each day must be recorded and there must be something to record⟳, otherwise days are only days, each one gone forever when a new day comes. It’s nice to forget⟳ some awful blundery days, but it’s good to look⟳ back and learn⟳ not to blunder again.”

“With a goal against them, they cracked up and within a few minutes, Kowloon were two up, though it was a blundery sort⟳ of lob by Melens which went in, when it might just as easily have⟳ been the clean⟳ sort⟳ of goal one prefers.”

“Each line was different. First, New York–accented toughness: “What makes the Hottentot so hot?” Then ridiculously misplaced heroism: “Who put⟳ the ape in apricot?” Then self-assurance: “What makes the elephant charge his tusk?” Finally, with blundery tenderness: “What makes the muskrat guard his musk?” From mock elegance (he wants to be “king, just king!”) to big-hearted self-effacement (“Ain’t it the truth!”), [Bert] Lahr poured 20 years of comedy experience⟳ into those few golden moments of song.”

“By now the food was scarce in the covers, the game too, and as I watched my dog, I saw⟳ less the work⟳ she was doing—headstrong and blundery enough at moments—than the work⟳ that in time she would do, all somehow foretold in her manner.”

“She lent a comfort and glamour to the Mississippi-midwestern milieu that had attracted me to Iowa City in the first place⟳, and our lovemaking, which was amateur, blundery, and delightful, was like⟳ the high school sweetheart I’d never had.”

“There were some ineffective, blundery kinds of things I did. I remember⟳ that first press⟳ conference before I left, after John Hunter broke the news on Wednesday and I had a press⟳ conference on Saturday. A woman said, “I think⟳ you’re protesting and calling it something else.” As if protesting was a bad thing, and I didn’t catch⟳ that right away. So I made some mistakes like⟳ that.”

“At one end⟳ of the salad bar were small cups and two kinds of soup. At the other end⟳ were plates for salad. In our blundery state, we didn’t see⟳ the salad plates and began stuffing the cups with salad, but because they were so tiny, all we could get⟳ in were a couple of olives, a slice or two of cucumber, and a few croutons.”

““[…] Do you know⟳, we forgot to tell⟳ you the weather. What’s it going to be, Chrissy? Just don’t use⟳ any of those long words the rest⟳ of us won’t understand⟳.” / “Hot and humid and it could be thundery.” / “Hot and human and it could be blundery. A bit like⟳ me, were you going to say⟳? I thought you were here to produce⟳ me, not reduce⟳ me. No joking, folks, she’s the best producer I’ve ever had on Waves.””

“His little Rose was so pretty; she had such a quick appreciation of wit, and was so un-blundery in her gaiety.”

“Any other fool can see⟳, they’ll live⟳ up what money they brought along and then go back to where they came from. Wherever that is. They don’t say⟳. “East,” they say⟳, and when you say⟳, “Whereabouts in the East?” they look⟳ sad and look⟳ away, so you feel⟳ you’re on touchy ground, and make⟳ up your mind⟳ to let⟳ some more blundery person peck it out of them and tell⟳ you later.”

“They’re such . . . blundery people. Sort⟳ of like⟳ Vancie. All full of words and no sense⟳.”

“Everything was extremely poststructural at Cornell, and besides not having a Continental philosophical background—which I quickly had to cultivate—I was also a Marxist and a feminist. […] So I did a lot of autodidactic browsing around the library and sitting in the stacks and finding books that nobody could tell⟳ me were good or bad. […] Eventually a group of people came to Cornell who were more on my planet, like⟳ Chris Newfield, Ann Cvetkovich, and Jeff Nunokowa, but I had been in graduate school for over four years before that happened. So I had all these years of being quite blundery and martianlike from the point⟳ of view⟳ of my colleagues as well as myself, which is the story that continues at my university, though for different reasons and less agonistically, perhaps.”

“‘My son loved secrets,’ Belle said. ‘Surprise-party-type secrets, not deep dark ones.’ Quinn had slid his arm lightly across Belle’s shoulders, but she seemed unaware of him. / ‘This was the surprise-party type⟳,’ Ona told her. ‘Of interest⟳ to no one but a blundery old hen.’”

“The air is full of wings, / And of blundery beetle-things / That warn⟳ you with their whirring and their humming.”

“The “field” galloped by me in one-hundredth of a second. I remember⟳ the blundery hooves, whips, and tails.”

“She cast⟳ one fulminating look⟳ across the room and went on, “One of those glorious evenings when the forest seems luminous through the fog, everything perfectly detailed and the colors just fading, you know⟳, as it got dark. I’d just had an epitome about the yellow ochre.” At my confused look⟳ she explained kindly, “You know⟳: a realization. It came to me in a blinding flash⟳. An epitome. So when I heard it, I thought it was Tim at first, because it seemed sort⟳ of blundery, and—well, I’m sorry, Charlotte, but after all, I knew it couldn’t be a bear⟳.” / “Is there some reason⟳ Tim would blunder?” I asked. / Rosetta glanced apologetically at Charlotte and said, “Well, you know⟳.” / “He drinks,” Charlotte said bluntly.”

“Fist let⟳ Jack take⟳ his body back. / [That’s a relief,] sighed Jacked. / [All that flesh! It’s too big and too blundery. Not an easy ride⟳.] / [You need⟳ to grow⟳ up in one to really get⟳ it.[…]]”

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