1. ungainly - Noun
2. ungainly - Adjective
3. ungainly - Adverb
5. ungainly - Adjective Satellite
Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
Unsuitable; unprofitable.
In an ungainly manner.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAnd 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