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ungainly

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un·gain·ly  (n-gnl)
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.

[un- + obsolete gainly, proper (from Middle English gainli, from gain, from Old Norse gegn, direct).]

un·gainli·ness n.

ungainly [ʌnˈgeɪnlɪ]
adj -lier, -liest
1. lacking grace when moving
2. difficult to move or use; unwieldy
3. Rare crude or coarse
adv
Rare clumsily
[from un-1 + obsolete or dialect gainly graceful]
ungainliness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.ungainlyungainly - lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"
2.ungainlyungainly - difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
unmanageable, unwieldy - difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape; "we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"; "almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"

ungainly
adjective awkward, clumsy, inelegant, lumbering, slouching, gawky, uncouth, gangling, loutish, uncoordinated, ungraceful, lubberly Paul swam in his ungainly way to the side of the pool.
elegant, graceful
Translations
ungainly [ʌnˈgeɪnlɪ] ADJ [person] → desgarbado; [animal] → torpe; [gait] → torpe, desgarbado

ungainly [ʌnˈgeɪnli] adjgauche, dégingandé(e)

ungainly
adj animal, movementunbeholfen; appearanceunelegant, unansehnlich, unschön; postureungraziös, unschön

ungainly [ʌnˈgeɪnlɪ] adjsgraziato/a, goffo/a
ungainly [ʌnˈgeɪnlɪ] adjsgraziato/a, goffo/a

ungainly
adj ungainly [anˈgeinli]
awkward, clumsy or ungraceful She is rather large and ungainly. onhandig, lomp أخْرَق، فَظ، غَيْر رَشيق тромав neohrabaný klodset plump αδέξιος, άχαρος desgarbado, torpe kohmakas دست و پاچلفتی kömpelö gauche מְגוּשָם भद्दा nezgrapan, ružan esetlen klunnalegur goffo, sgraziato 見苦しい 꼴사나운 nerangus neveikls; lempīgs canggung, kekok lomp klosset, keitet niezdarny desajeitado neîndemânatic неуклюжий neobratný, ťarbavý neroden, kladast nespretan klumpig, otymplig อย่างไม่สง่างาม hantal 笨拙的 незграбний, вайлуватий بھدا، بدشکل vụng về
n unˈgainliness
onhandigheid فَظاظَه، فَظاظَه، إرْتِباك тромавост neobratnost klodsethed die Plumpheit αδεξιότητα desgarbo, torpeza kohmakus بد قوارگی kömpelyys gaucherie מְגוּשָמוּת भद्दापन nezgrapnost, ružnoća sutaság klunnaskapur goffaggine 見苦しさ 보기 흉함 nerangumas neveiklums; lempīgums kecanggungan lompheid klossethet niezdarność falta de jeito stângăcie неуклюжесть neobratnosť nerodnost nespretnost klumpighet, otymplighet ความไม่งดงาม hantallık 笨拙 незграбність, вайлуватість بھدا پن sự lóng ngóng, vụng về


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Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning -- little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door -- Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore.
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly, Though its answer little meaning--little relevancy bore; For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door-- Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door, With such name as "Nevermore.
Its back was corrugated and ornamented with ungainly bosses, and a greenish incrustation blotched it here and there.
 
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