Definitions for ungainly
ʌnˈgeɪn liun·gain·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldyadjective

   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"

2. awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainlyadjective

   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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ungainlyadjective

   clumsy; lacking grace.

2. ungainlyadjective

   difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.

3. Etymology: From un- + gegn + -ly.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ungain, Ungainlyadjective

   Aukward; uncouth.

   Etymology: ungeng , Saxon.

   An ungainly strut in their walk. Jonathan Swift.

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1. ungainly

   Ungainly refers to something or someone that moves in an awkward or clumsy way. It can also describe something that is not aesthetically pleasing or lacks grace and elegance in appearance or style.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ungainlyadjective

   not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking

2. Ungainlyadjective

   unsuitable; unprofitable

3. Ungainlyadverb

   in an ungainly manner

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ungainly

   un-gān′li, adj. awkward: clumsy: uncouth.—adv. in an awkward manner.—n. Ungain′liness. [M. E. un-gein, inconvenient—A.S. un-, not, Ice. gegn, ready, serviceable.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ungainly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ungainly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of ungainly in a Sentence

1. Jens Falkenberg:

   I can’t imagine Peter having killed her intentionally, but I can imagine an accident happening, the submarine is an ungainly place and you move around awkwardly. Perhaps she fell and broke her neck.

2. Ross MacPhee:

   Despite their ungainly appearance, different species of glyptodonts occupied habitats as distinct as open grassland and dense woodland, all the way from Patagonia to the southern parts of the continental United States, although their disappearance has been blamed on human depredation as well as climate change, some species persisted into the early part of the modern or Holocene epoch, long after the disappearance of mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Like the loss of giant ground sloths, mastodons, and dozens of other remarkable mammalian species, the precise cause of the New World megafaunal extinctions remains uncertain.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ungainly
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ungainly
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ungainly
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ungainly
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ungainly