The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clouterly \Clout"er*ly\, a. [From Clout, n.] Clumsy; awkward. [Obs.]
Rough-hewn, cloutery verses.
--E. Phillips.
Wiktionary
a. (context obsolete English) clumsy; awkward
Usage examples of "clouterly".
How the muse happened to visit him in this clay biggin, take a fancy to a clouterly peasant, and teach him strains of consummate beauty and elegance, must ever be a matter of wonder to all those, and they are not few, who hold that noble sentiments and heroic deeds are the exclusive portion of the gently nursed and the far descended.
All this time this clouterly man, who was now a scandalous sight in his stinking garments, did shiver and stare at me with his droll and gouty face, I would not fall foul of my husband if this is his wish but I was put in a dump that my man should be replaced in my house this night by such a one as this painter.