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"Awkward in movement"2 answers
gawky5 lettersungainly8 letters
Filled answer is this word (UNGAINLY).
Definitions
lacking grace in movement or posture
Word origin
From un- (“not”) + gainly (“graceful; becoming; proper, suitable; gracious, kindly”) (from gain (“dexterous; convenient, easy, handy; suitable”), from Old Norse gegn (“fit, serviceable; direct, straight; honest; kindly”) + -ly (suffix forming adjectives from nouns)). Compare dialectal Norwegian Nynorsk ugjegnleg (“stubborn; troublesome”).
Used in a sentence
“Photographs of the Fowler Moguls had always given me the impression of an ungainly design: the sight of them more then confirmed it.”
“His body, though thin, looked oversized and ungainly, his limbs poorly knit together; he appeared to conquer his tendency to awkwardness by making only the smallest, most deliberate of movements.”
“For as she could not, alas, select / Twixt ye goodlie and ungainlie, / Why of course 'twas Actions must direct / Her goode opinion,—mainlie.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Awkward in movement”8 letters
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