ungainly

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Pronunciation

• (RP, GA) IPA: /ʌnˈɡeɪnli/

Adjective

ungainly (comparative ungainlier, superlative ungainliest)

1. Clumsy; lack#Verb|lacking grace.
   • 1962, Edward [Ronald] Weismiller, chapter XI, in The Serpent Sleeping, New York, N.Y.: Putnam, OCLC 1495943; republished London; Portland, Or.: Frank Cass Publishers, 1998, ISBN 978-0-7146-4729-6, page 169 ↗:

     His body, though thin, looked oversized and ungainly, his limbs poorly knit together; he appeared to conquer his tendency to awkwardness by making only the smallest, most deliberate of movements.

2. Difficult to move#Verb|move or to manage; unwieldy.
3. (obsolete) Unsuitable; unprofitable.

Translations

• French: maladroit
• German: plump, unansehnlich, unelegant, ungelenk, ungraziös, unschön
• Spanish: desgarbado

Translations

• Spanish: revuelto

Noun

ungainly (plural ungainlies)

1. (rare) An ungainly person or thing.

Adverb

ungainly (comparative ungainlier, superlative ungainliest)

1. (obsolete) In an ungainly#Adjective|ungainly or unbecoming manner; improperly; undeservedly, unduly; unsuitably.

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