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gawky

[ gaw-kee ]

adjective

gawkier, gawkiest.
  1. awkward; ungainly; clumsy.


gawky

/ ˈɡɔ˰ìɪ /

adjective

  1. clumsy or ungainly; awkward
  2. dialect.
    left-handed
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²µ²¹·É°ì¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ²µ²¹·É°ì¾±±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²µ²¹·É°ìi·±ô²â ²µ²¹·É°ìi²õ³ó·±ô²â adverb
  • ²µ²¹·É°ìi·²Ô±ð²õ²õ ²µ²¹·É°ìi²õ³ó·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gawky1

First recorded in 1715–25; gawk + -y 1
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Moreover, the script transitions him, through Finan’s effective performance, from a gawky, bespectacled nerd putting on airs, into an unctuous political predator.

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It’s hard to marry the brutal nature of the weapons and the shocking injuries they can inflict with the gawky young men shifting nervously on the pavement.

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‘THE OUTLAWS’ Prime Video Gangly, gawky Stephen Merchant puts his physicality and hangdog persona to fine use in this British crime comedy.

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When he arrived on the scene with the Mariners as a rookie three years later, it was his teammates who were curious — curious about what the heck this gawky 6-foot-6 rookie was doing.

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The winds were almost wild in a grinding, grim account of the introduction to “Siegfried†on Saturday, and gawkily reedy — at once sinister and whimsical — as Hagen and Gutrune plotted in “Götterdämmerung†on Monday.

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