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Meaning of "gawkily" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GAWKILY

gawkily  [ˈɡɔːkɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAWKILY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gawkily is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES GAWKILY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of gawkily in the English dictionary

The definition of gawkily in the dictionary is awkwardly; in an ungainly way.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GAWKILY


cheekily
ˈtʃiːkɪlɪ
creakily
ˈkriːkɪlɪ
flukily
ˈfluːkɪlɪ
freakily
ˈfriːkɪlɪ
huskily
ˈhʌskɪlɪ
jerkily
ˈdʒɜːkɪlɪ
leakily
ˈliːkɪlɪ
luckily
ˈlʌkɪlɪ
murkily
ˈmɜːkɪlɪ
pawkily
ˈpɔːkɪlɪ
perkily
ˈpɜːkɪlɪ
quirkily
ˈkwɜːkɪlɪ
shakily
ˈʃeɪkɪlɪ
snarkily
ˈsnɑːkɪlɪ
sneakily
ˈsniːkɪlɪ
sparkily
ˈspɑːkɪlɪ
spookily
ˈspuːkɪlɪ
squeakily
ˈskwiːkɪlɪ
stalkily
ˈstɔːkɪlɪ
streakily
ˈstriːkɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAWKILY

gavelock
gavial
gavialoid
gavot
gavotte
Gawd
gawk
gawker
gawkier
gawkiest
gawkihood
gawkiness
gawkish
gawkishly
gawkishness
gawky
gawp
gawper
gawpus
gay

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAWKILY

cockily
flakily
friskily
kinkily
lankily
milkily
peskily
pluckily
pokily
riskily
rockily
silkily
slinkily
smokily
snakily
spikily
spunkily
stickily
sulkily
swankily

Synonyms and antonyms of gawkily in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «gawkily» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAWKILY

Find out the translation of gawkily to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of gawkily from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gawkily» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

gawkily
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gawkily
570 millions of speakers

English

gawkily
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

gawkily
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

gawkily
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

gawkily
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gawkily
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

gawkily
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gawkily
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bermalas-malasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gawkily
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

gawkily
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

gawkily
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gawai
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gawkily
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

gawkily
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चिडखोरपणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gawkily
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gawkily
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gawkily
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

gawkily
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gawkily
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

gawkily
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gawkily
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

gawkily
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gawkily
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gawkily

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAWKILY»

The term «gawkily» is normally little used and occupies the 132.069 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GAWKILY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gawkily

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAWKILY»

Discover the use of gawkily in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gawkily and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The H.G. Wells Anthology: A Collection of 149 Novels, ...
Again and again in India I would find myselfin littlecircles of the official English, supercilious, pretentious, conventional, carefully "turned out" people, living gawkily, thinking gawkily, talking nothingbutsport andgossip, relaxing atrare intervals ...
H.G. Wells, 2013
2
Keaton
Purchasing a very small box of candy, he changes the one dollar price marked on the back to a more impressive four dollars and skips enthusiastically but gawkily up the sidewalk to the girl's door. As gawkily and enthusiastically she runs ...
3
Here & Elsewhere: The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke
The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke Kenneth Burke. turned towards the members of the Athenian, a rather gawkily formed young man was reading a yellow paper-covered volume which Mrs. Maecenas recognized to be a French novel.
Kenneth Burke, 2005
4
The Complete White Oxen: Collected Short Fiction
In this corner, with his back turned towards the members of the Athenian, a rather gawkily formed young man was reading a yellow paper-covered volume which Mrs. Maecenas recognized to be a French novel. There was a slight smell of ...
Kenneth Burke, 1968
5
The Passionate Friends: A Novel and Three Essays
... conventional, carefully "turned out" people, living gawkily, thinking gawkily, talking nothing but sport and gossip, relaxing at rare intervals into sentimentality and levity as mean as a banjo tune, and a kind of despairful disgust would engulf  ...
Herbert George Wells, 1926
6
The Book of War
The story of a boy who comes into manhood during war, this book follows an illiterate European child who is stranded on the southern tip of Africa.
James Whyle, 2012
7
Communication Studies: The Essential Resource
it seems arduous, futile, gawkily dated. Ifeel like the uncomfortable possessor ofatieat a picnic, or someone transfixed by nostalgia for an epistolary past (for. asnail. mail«). Should IskipaDear X« and crack straighton with the message? ShouldI ...
Andrew Beck, Peter Bennett, Peter Wall, 2013
8
Loyal to the Sky: Notes from an Activist
Because I already said no twice, obviously am not remotely interested, and feel sufficiently self-conscious without prancing about gawkily in the middle of the circle. Because the men on the other side of you who are prattling away in Quichua ...
Marisa Handler, 2009
9
Follow Me West: The Legend of Abraham
The Bay gawkily lies to its side in the dust of the shade and tries several times to roll over from one side to the other until he finally makes the flop after momentarily hanging up mid-center. Apparently the dust helps to keep away the insects that ...
H.L. Sonny Jacks, 2011
10
The Little Women Letters: A Novel
Gawkily graceful in a faded blue T-shirt and tracksuit bottoms, Sophie loped to the cupboard and extracted the tightly sealed bag of meticulously blended coffee beans that Lulu traveled to Covent Garden once a week to mix for herself from the ...
Gabrielle Donnelly, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAWKILY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gawkily is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Review: Melody cements Sylvie Rancourt's legacy as one of …
She could have put it like The Shaggs had it, too, simple and gawkily profound: “There are some things I don't understand. There are some ... «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
2
'Ram temple issue no longer relevant for us'
... to discuss the issue of Ram temple at the disputed structure in Ayodhya, a small time grocer Kalika Prasad Awasthi, sits gawkily for a moment ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
3
Heaven Knows What
Holmes is gawkily gorgeous, but if she's waifish in appearance, she's also capable of projecting a distressingly hard demeanor as Harley, ... «Under the Radar Mag, May 15»
4
Elizabeth Olsen Met Taylor Swift And It Was Really Awkward
As in, awkwardly, gawkily, and totally losing your ability to speak like a normal human. 'I really love her, and earlier in my ballet class, I was ... «The Debrief, May 15»
5
Rotunda: Choreographer Shona McCullagh's war piece performed …
In the group sequences that follow, male characters dominate, gawkily trying to impress the ladies in crimson dresses or playing militaristic ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
6
The Comeback of the Summer: Disco King Giorgio Moroder
His voice is unremarkable, his hairline already receding, his face half obscured by his cartoonish mustachio, as he gawkily sways to and fro, ... «Out Magazine, May 15»
7
Grownups can relive youth, help animals at adult prom
... retake those awkward prom pictures — the ones where the girl stands in front of the boy, who gawkily places his hands around the girl's torso ... «Wausau Daily Herald, May 15»
8
Cookies on the BBC website
... sinister and angular abstracts, Russian veteran Nikolai Bakharev's gawkily tender shots of bathers on Russian public beaches and South ... «BBC News, Apr 15»
9
30 Days of Online Dating: I Didn't Mean to Say Yes
TT gawkily inquires (half at my back) if I'd like to go on a second date. This is the best situation when you like a guy and are so stoked to say yes ... «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
10
Schalke: Julian Draxler's Misfortune and Leroy Sane's Breakthrough
Di Matteo was making a reference to Draxler jumping over Paul Verhaegh and landing gawkily. Having hurdled Verhaegh's challenge, Draxler ... «Bleacher Report, Mar 15»

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