gawkiness
- a word derived from gawky.
Example Sentences
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The growing closeness between Olive, played with quiet radiance by Ms. Rogers, and William, whom Mr. McHale renders with galumphing gawkiness, forms another affecting strand of the score.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 24, 2025
People tend to describe her as “lanky” given her 5-foot-11, but here’s a reminder how lankiness can exist without gawkiness.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
The show's enduring sweetness always rested in Maya and Anna's glorious gawkiness, and the way it cements their devotion to one another.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2020
As with King Richard, though, we catch ourselves rather warming to his gawkiness, laughing at his jokes, and perhaps even quietly respecting his total disregard for what anyone else thinks of him: “Why be liked?”
From Economist ● Jul. 6, 2017
No trace was left of immature gawkiness in her gestures or of simplicity in her intonations.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold
