Ungainly: alternatives and connections

Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement…

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Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement…

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.

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Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.

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The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.

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Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Stiff or benumbed, as with cold.

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Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Not easily wielded or carried; unmanageable; bulky; ponderous.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.