See Also: ungainly(1)(dictionary)
ungainly(2)(dictionary)
ungainly(dictionary)

ungainly (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: gainly 'proper, graceful, pleasing' (14-20 centuries), from gain 'direct, kind, useful' (10-19 centuries), from Old Norse gegn]
moving in a way that does not look graceful
::a tall ungainly teenager
-- ungainliness n [U]