ungainly

Speech parts

1. ungainly - Noun

2. ungainly - Adjective

3. ungainly - Adverb

5. ungainly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.

Unsuitable; unprofitable.

In an ungainly manner.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

awkward clumsy unwieldy stiff cumbersome inelegant ponderous ungraceful bumbling bungling gawky cumbrous lumbering ham-fisted clunky
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Antonyms

handy skilled elegant competent graceful dignified
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Derivatives

ungainlier ungainliest

Anagrams

guanylin Lingyuan

Examples

And yet she could not forgive herself. Even as an adult, she wished only that she could go back and change things: the ungainly things she'd worn, the insecurity she'd felt, all the innocent mistakes she made. Jhumpa Lahiri

Theology is an ungainly discipline. Unlike many other pursuits of wisdom, even its most fundamental principles are disputed by those who practice it. Roger Haight

After a momentary silence spake Some Vessel of a more ungainly Make; "They sneer at me for leaning all awry: What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?" Omar Khayyám

The queen was settling on the edge of the bed, ungainly with hesitation and at the same time exquisite in her grace, like a heron landing in a treetop. Megan Whalen Turner

When Little Richard used to stand up and play it was just fabulous, and Liberace had the candlesticks and the rings and the gift of the gab. The piano's is the most ungainly rock' n' roll instrument of all time but those two people transcended it, as did Jerry Lee Lewis. Elton John

For a moment he studied the massive figure who stood calmly between the two Civil Policemen. Beside him, they seemed to have shrunk, become ungainly and repellent. Philip K. Dick

Close letter words and terms

ungainliest ungainlily ungainliness ungainness ungainsaid ungainsayable