gawky
adjective
awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
gawkily
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a word derived from
gawky.
Example Sentences
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In the play’s first scene, we see the 17-year-old William gawkily trying to woo her while she flies a pet hawk.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
As Doss in “Hacksaw Ridge,” Garfield beams gawkily, grimaces stoically and makes an excellent candidate for sainthood.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2017
Save for 1989’s Oh Mercy, his first collaboration with producer Daniel Lanois, Dylan’s 1980s records were dyspeptically reviewed and later lumped together as gawkily, half-heartedly crafted detritus.
From Slate ● Apr. 2, 2014
Almost gawkily teenage, her gamine face is hyper-expressive, beaming right to the back rows.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 16, 2011
She was small-boned, petite, and Olanna felt gawkily overgrown just looking at her; there was something childlike about her light-skinned, almost translucent complexion and tiny hands.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
