Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gawky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gawky \Gawk"y\, a. [Compar. {Gawkier}; superl. {Gawkiest}.]
Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. --
n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from
stupidity, a gawk.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gawky
adj : 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: {clumsy}, {clunky}, {ungainly}, {unwieldy}]
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