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Ungainly

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Adjective

1. clumsy, clunky, gawky, ungainly, unwieldy

lacking grace in movement or posture

Example Sentences:
'a gawky lad with long ungainly legs'
'clumsy fingers'
'what an ungainly creature a giraffe is'
'heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair'

2. awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly

difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape

Example Sentences:
'an awkward bundle to carry'
'a load of bunglesome paraphernalia'
'clumsy wooden shoes'
'the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Ungainly

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adjective -lier or -liest
1. 
lacking grace when moving
2. 
difficult to move or use; unwieldy
3. rare
crude or coarse
adverb
4. rare
clumsily

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Ungainly

see synonyms of ungainly
adjective
1. 
awkward; clumsy
2. 
coarse and unattractive
adverb
3.  Archaic
in an ungainly manner

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Ungainly

see synonyms of ungainly
adj. un·gain·li·er, un·gain·li·est
1. Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy.
2. Difficult to move or use; unwieldy.

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