Meaning of ungainly

un•gain•ly

Pronunciation: (un-gān'lē), [key]

— adj., adv. -li•er, li•est,

—adj.

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

—adv.

in an awkward manner.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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ungainly (Thesaurus)

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