'Ungainly' definitions:
Definition of 'ungainly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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]
adjective
Difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl" [syn: awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly]
Definition of 'Ungainly'
From: GCIDE
- Ungainly \Un*gain"ly\, a. [OE. ungeinliche, adv., fr. ungein inconvenient; un- + Icel. gegn ready, serviceable; adv., against, opposite. See Un- not, and Gain, a., Again.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking. [1913 Webster]
- His ungainly figure and eccentric manners. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ungainly'
From: GCIDE
- Ungainly \Un*gain"ly\, adv. In an ungainly manner. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ungainly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- all thumbs,
- awkward,
- blunderheaded,
- blundering,
- boorish,
- bumbling,
- bungling,
- butterfingered,
- careless,
- clownish,
- clumsy,
- clumsy-fisted,
- cumbersome,
- fingers all thumbs,
- fumbling,
- gauche,
- gawkish,
- gawky,
- graceless,
- ham-fisted,
- ham-handed,
- heavy-handed,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- inelegant,
- left-hand,
- left-handed,
- loutish,
- lubberly,
- lumbering,
- lumpish,
- maladroit,
- oafish,
- ponderous,
- sloppy,
- splay,
- stiff,
- uncouth,
- ungraced,
- ungraceful,
- unhandy,
- unwieldy