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German
Pronunciation
Adjective
linkisch (strong nominative masculine singular linkischer, comparative linkischer, superlative am linkischsten)
- gauche, awkward, bumbling
- Synonyms: unbeholfen, ungeschickt
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 433:Du bist mit ihm zu mir gekommen? Und du willst sagen, mein Warten sei dumm und unerlaubt und ganz umsonst gewesen? Das wäre im höchsten Grade linkisch, wenn ich das Anerbieten deiner Freundschaft nicht zu schätzen wüßte, der Freundschaft mit dir für ihn …- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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