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gawky

[ gaw-kee ]

/ ˈgɔ ki /

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adjective, gawk·i·er, gawk·i·est.

awkward; ungainly; clumsy.

Also gawk·ish

[gaw-kish] /ˈgɔ kɪʃ/.

Origin of gawky

First recorded in 1715–25; gawk + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM gawky

gawk·i·ly, gawk·ish·ly, adverb gawk·i·ness, gawk·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby gawky

gavotte, gaw, gawain, gawain, sir, gawk, gawky, gawp, gawra, gawsy, gay, gay gordons

Example sentences from the Web for gawkiness

And it was only a certain gaucherie, a gawkiness on Anna's part that irritated her against the girl.

The Rainbow |D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
In another year he would doubtless lose all his gawkiness and become quite a gallant.

A Love Episode |Emile Zola
It's "raw-bone" and gawkiness has swept things before it, and has built up great things in all times.

How to Read Human Nature |William Walker Atkinson
But in place of gawkiness and grunts, the golden virtue of silence, and the conscious pride of natural dignity.

Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value |Arthur Glyn Leonard

How a young lover made ridiculous by the gawkiness of modern costume must envy the picturesque gallants of seventy years ago!

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow |Jerome K. Jerome

British Dictionary definitions for gawkiness

gawky

gawkish

/ (ˈɡɔːkɪ) /

adjective gawkier or gawkiest

clumsy or ungainly; awkward

West Yorkshire dialect left-handed

Derived forms of gawky

gawkily or gawkishly, adverb gawkiness or gawkishness, noun