ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Ungainly', Synonyms of 'Ungainly' & More on 'Ungainly'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for ungainly:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

ungainly
    adj 1: 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]
    2: 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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.]
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   1. Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward;
      uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
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            His ungainly figure and eccentric manners.
                                                  --Macaulay.
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   2. Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] --Hammond.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ungainly \Un*gain"ly\, adv.
   In an ungainly manner.
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