Gawky (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The teenager's gawky stage made him trip over his own feet on the dance floor.
- Her gawky limbs flailed about as she tried to do the yoga poses.
- The gawky boy's long legs got tangled up in his chair as he hurried out of the classroom.
- The gawky young woman's long arms caused her to knock over her cup of coffee at the office.
- The child went through a gawky phase where she would regularly trip over her own feet on the playground.