— cloddily , adv. — cloddiness , n. — clodlike , adj. — cloddy , adj.
/klod/ , n.
1. a lump or mass, esp. of earth or clay.
2. a stupid person; blockhead; dolt.
3. earth; soil.
4. something of lesser dignity or value, as the body as contrasted with the soul: this corporeal clod.
5. a part of a shoulder of beef.
[ 1400-50; late ME clodde, OE clod- (in clodhamer fieldfare); see CLOUD ]
Syn. 2. boor, yokel, lout, oaf, dunce.