ungainly

Definitions


[ʌnˈɡeɪnli], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy
(e.g: an ungainly walk)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century: from un- ‘not’ + obsolete gainly ‘graceful’, based on Old Norse gegn ‘straight’




definition by Oxford Dictionaries