Sekirov Dictionary

ungainly

/ʌnˈɡeɪnli/

adjective 4
adverb 1
noun 1
forms 5

adjective4

•
Clumsy; lacking grace.
- Photographs of the Fowler Moguls had always given me the impression of an ungainly design: the sight of them more then confirmed it. — 1944
Gangling
Difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.
•
(no longer used) Unsuitable; unprofitable.
- For as she could not, alas, select / Twixt ye goodlie and ungainlie, / Why of course 'twas Actions must direct / Her goode opinion,—mainlie. — 1897

adverb1

(no longer used) In an ungainly or unbecoming manner; improperly; undeservedly, unduly; unsuitably.

noun1

•
(rare) An ungainly person or thing.
- Long lists resulting from the listing technique will often become short poems after you and the student writer's classmates help cull out the unnecessaries, the ungainlies, and the unworthies. — 1966

forms

ungainlies · more ungainly · ungainlier · most ungainly · ungainliest

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