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| | ungainly | (อันเกน'ลี) adj., adv. ไม่น่าดู, ไม่งดงาม, เก้งก้าง, อุ้ยอ้าย, เทอะทะ., See also: ungainliness n., Syn. awkward, clumsy |
| | ungainly | (adj) งุ่มง่าม, เทอะทะ, อุ้ยอ้าย, ไม่งาม, ไม่น่าดู |
| | | เก้งก้าง | [kēngkāng] (adj) EN: awkward ; clumsy ; ungainly FR: dégingandé ; gauche | | กงโก้กงกก = กงโก้-กงกก | [kongkōkongkok] (adj) EN: ungainly ; awkwardly ; gawky ; shabbily | | เทอะทะ | [thoetha] (adj) EN: rough ; awkward ; ungainly ; unwieldy ; clumsy |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ungainly \Un*gain"ly\, a. [OE. ungeinliche, adv., fr. ungein
inconvenient; un- + Icel. gegn ready, serviceable; adv.,
against, opposite. See {Un-} not, and {Gain}, a., {Again}.]
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1. Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward;
uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
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His ungainly figure and eccentric manners.
--Macaulay.
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2. Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] --Hammond.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Ungainly \Un*gain"ly\, adv.
In an ungainly manner.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ungainly
adj 1: 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: {gawky}, {clumsy}, {clunky},
{ungainly}, {unwieldy}]
2: difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;
"an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome
paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather
ungainly instrument for a girl" [syn: {awkward},
{bunglesome}, {clumsy}, {ungainly}]
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