adjective, un·gain·li·er, un·gain·li·est.
- not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.
adverb
- in an awkward manner.
adjective -lier or -liest
- lacking grace when moving
- difficult to move or use; unwieldy
- rare crude or coarse
adverb
- rare clumsily
adj.1610s, originally “unfit, improper,” from Middle English ungeinliche, from ungein (c.1400) “inconvenient” (from un- (1) “not” + Old Norse gegn “convenient”) + -like.