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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. lacking grace in movement or posture;
- Example: "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"
- Example: "clumsy fingers"
- Example: "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"
- Example: "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
[syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Gawky \Gawk"y\ (g[add]k"[y^]), a. [Compar. Gawkier
   (g[add]k"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Gawkiest.]
   Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. --
   n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from
   stupidity, a gawk.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

gawky
    adj 1: 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" [syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky,
           ungainly, unwieldy]