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ungainly


adjective, un·gain·li·er, un·gain·li·est.

  1. not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style.

adverb

  1. in an awkward manner.

adjective -lier or -liest

  1. lacking grace when moving
  2. difficult to move or use; unwieldy
  3. rare crude or coarse

adverb

  1. 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.

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