ungainliness
1Ungainliness — Un*gain li*ness, n. The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness. [1913 Webster] …
2ungainliness — ungainly ► ADJECTIVE ▪ clumsy; awkward. DERIVATIVES ungainliness noun. ORIGIN from obsolete gainly «graceful», from an Old Norse word meaning straight …
3ungainliness — noun see ungainly …
4ungainliness — See ungainly. * * * …
5ungainliness — noun The state of being ungainly …
6ungainliness — un·gain·li·ness || ÊŒn geɪnlɪnɪs n. uncouthness, gracelessness, inelegance …
7ungainliness — un·gain·li·ness …
8ungainliness — See: ungainly …
9ungainliness — noun the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant • Syn: ↑gawkiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ungainly, ↑gawky (for: ↑gawkiness) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
10ungainly — ungainliness, n. /un gayn lee/, adj., ungainlier, liest, adv. adj. 1. not graceful; awkward; unwieldy; clumsy: an ungainly child; an ungainly prose style. adv. 2. in an awkward manner. [1150 1200; (adv.) ME ungeinliche, equiv. to un UN 1 + later… …