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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 gawky

The Movement: Julia had this gawky awkwardness, which Streep picks up.

How Meryl Streep Nailed Her |Sara Moulton |August 4, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
I kept that long-necked, gawky man off with it, pretty near tripped him up so's I could get to the table with that poor child.

In Apple-Blossom Time |Clara Louise Burnham
And so in the sixties the boy and the town went through their raw, gawky, ugly adolescence together.

A Certain Rich Man |William Allen White
Next day, a young man, gawky and seemingly unsophisticated, brought the animal.

Adopting An Abandoned Farm |Kate Sanborn

A gawky farmer seized the boy and struck him cruelly across the mouth.

The Oakdale Affair |Edgar Rice Burroughs
I was a gawky boy, as green as a gourd, and never had been about with women.

Dixie Hart |Will N. Harben

British Dictionary definitions for gawky

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