UNGAINLY

a. adv.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking. His ungainly figure and eccentric manners. Macaulay.

2.
a.

Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obs.] Hammond.

3.
adv.

In an ungainly manner.

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