The Collaborative International Dictionary
Clownish \Clown"ish\, a.
Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown;
ungainly; awkward. ``Clownish hands.''
--Spenser. ``Clownish
mimic.''
--Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv.
Syn: Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill-bred; boorish; rustic; untutored.
Wiktionary
adv. In a clownish, undignified, or foolish manner; absurdly, ridiculously.
Usage examples of "clownishly".
He looked like an actor whose make-up was so grotesquely and clownishly overdone that he had wept about it ever since.
He held it aloft for a second or two, as if admiring (or puzzling over) the image of himself piping clownishly, mockingly, sensually, powerfully, in some forgotten time.
They tried Polish on Billy Pilgrim first, since he was dressed so clownishly, since the wretched Poles were the involuntary clowns of the Second World War.