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Meaning of "ungainly" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD UNGAINLY

From un-1 + obsolete or dialect gainly graceful.
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PRONUNCIATION OF UNGAINLY

ungainly  [ʌnˈɡeɪnlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNGAINLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ungainly can act as an adjective and an adverb.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES UNGAINLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ungainly in the English dictionary

The first definition of ungainly in the dictionary is lacking grace when moving. Other definition of ungainly is difficult to move or use; unwieldy. Ungainly is also crude or coarse.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNGAINLY


arcanely
ɑːˈkeɪnlɪ
fainly
ˈfeɪnlɪ
finely
ˈfaɪnlɪ
gainly
ˈɡeɪnlɪ
genuinely
ˈdʒɛnjʊɪnlɪ
germanely
dʒɜːˈmeɪnlɪ
humanely
ˌhjuːˈmeɪnlɪ
inanely
ɪˈneɪnlɪ
inhumanely
ɪnhjuːˈmeɪnlɪ
insanely
ɪnˈseɪnlɪ
mainly
ˈmeɪnlɪ
McKinley
məˈkɪnlɪ
mundanely
ˌmʌnˈdeɪnlɪ
plainly
ˈpleɪnlɪ
profanely
prəˈfeɪnlɪ
sanely
ˈseɪnlɪ
submontanely
sʌbˈmɒnteɪnlɪ
thegnly
ˈθeɪnlɪ
urbanely
ɜːˈbeɪnlɪ
vainly
ˈveɪnlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNGAINLY

ungag
ungain
ungainful
ungainlier
ungainliest
ungainliness
ungainsayable
ungallant
ungallantly
ungarbed
ungarbled
Ungaretti
ungarmented
ungarnered
ungarnished
ungartered
ungated
ungathered
ungauged

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNGAINLY

bumpkinly
certainly
commonly
cousinly
evenly
heavenly
humanly
if only
inly
manly
maudlinly
mistakenly
one and only
only
openly
read-only
suddenly
the only
uncertainly
virginly

Synonyms and antonyms of ungainly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNGAINLY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ungainly» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ungainly

Translation of «ungainly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNGAINLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

笨拙
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desgarbada
570 millions of speakers

English

ungainly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुरूप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صعب المراس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нескладный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desajeitado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সৌষ্ঠবহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

disgracieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dengan senang hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

plump
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不格好な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

꼴 사나운
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kakehan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô duyên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அருவருப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्ताव्यस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

biçimsiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sgraziato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezgrabny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нескладний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dizgrațios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άκομψος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ungainly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

otympliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hengslete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ungainly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGAINLY»

The term «ungainly» is regularly used and occupies the 106.177 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNGAINLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ungainly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ungainly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNGAINLY»

Discover the use of ungainly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ungainly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Concordance to the Poems of Robert Browning
Which the ungainlier, more discordant garb 854.2 R. and B. 10.1129 Ungainly. Or show repressed by an ungainly form. 30.54 Paracelsus 2.436 Qua ities strange, ungainly, wearisome, 112.24 Sord. 1.795 Or stirred, was beauteous or ungainly,  ...
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Amharic-English dictionary: H - N.
JtA qarfaff ala to be very sluggish or slack (in work) (Am.) ^CPCfi qarfafos state or condition of being slow, slow-moving 3'C<P4*;l* qarfafat ungainly posture, not smart in appearance +'>+C4.<t tanqarfafi large and clumsy, awkward; slow, ...
Thomas Leiper Kane, 1990
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Kaplan SAT Premier 2015 with 8 Practice Tests: Book + DVD + ...
The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. The albatross, with its broad wingspan, is graceful in  ...
Kaplan, 2014
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Portable SAT
The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. (A) The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. (B) The albatross, with its broad wingspan, is graceful in the air but ...
Kaplan, Inc, 2008
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Kaplan SAT Premier 2014 with 8 Practice Tests: Book + Online ...
The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. (A) (B) (C) (D) (E) The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. The albatross, with its broad wingspan, is graceful in  ...
Kaplan, 2013
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Kaplan SAT 2015 Strategies, Practice and Review with 5 ...
chaPter 7 The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. (A) The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. (B) The albatross, with its broad wingspan, is graceful in ...
Kaplan, 2014
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Vocabulary Dictionary and Workbook: 2,856 Words You Must Know
ungainly (un-GĀN-lē) adj. To refer to something as ungainly is to say that it's noticeably ungraceful, awkward, clumsy, etc. In Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale “The Ugly Duckling,” an ugly, ungainly young bird in a family of ducks grows into ...
Mark Phillips, 2006
8
Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
... an ungainly dancer, check out my bruisedfeet,”said Nora. • Anyonewhohasever tried to carry a bass fiddle knows its an ungainly instrument. • Ungainly (adj): lacking in smoothness or dexterity: clumsy.
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
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Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham ...
14 Organizer Charles C. Nott, however, saw nothing but virtue and character in the “ungainly man”—“unadorned, apparently uncultivated, showing the awkwardness of unconscious rusticity. His dress that night before a New York audience ...
Harold Holzer, 2006
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Kaplan SAT 2010 Edition: Strategies, Practice, and Review
The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. (A) The albatross has a broad wingspan, it is graceful in the air but ungainly on dry land. (B) The albatross, with its broad wingspan, is graceful in the air but ...
Kaplan, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNGAINLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ungainly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Andrews' ungainly leftward shank finds tax reform hazard
Andrews' ungainly leftward shank finds tax reform hazard. Share; Share via Email · Share on Google Plus · Post on facebook wall · Share on twitter · Post to ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jul 15»
2
Jurassic World: An ungainly beast
In the 90s when Steven Spielberg brought the Jurassic period out from the two paragraphs in biology books to a living reality, he would not have realised that his ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
3
Hillary's Ungainly Glide
I'm off the next two weeks finishing a book, and I can already tell you this is a terrible time to be away from the scene. Hillary Clinton's announcement followed by ... «Wall Street Journal, Apr 15»
4
Is the SNP's large and ungainly tail 'fair gaming' Labour activists in …
As it happens, in Scotland through the on-the-ground work of Phil Mac Giolla Bhain we'll be keeping a close eye on two Scottish constituencies of Glasgow ... «Slugger O'Toole, Apr 15»
5
Marouane Fellaini, the ungainly master of mischief, continues his …
MANCHESTER, England // Manchester derbies offer symbolic snapshots. There are moments that are microcosms, incidents that are illustrative of the wider ... «The National, Apr 15»
6
Cummins not worried by his ungainly slip-ups
If the sight of Australia's prized fast-bowling prodigy Pat Cummins regularly collapsing in an ungainly tangle at the point of delivery is sending chills up the spines ... «cricket.com.au, Mar 15»
7
Valentine's Day stroll ungainly for novices
Valentine's Day stroll ungainly for novices. Date: February 14, 2015. (29); Read later. Danny Katz. Columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. «The Age, Feb 15»
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Analysis: Darren Fletcher wasn't stylish. He was ungainly and …
Darren Fletcher will leave Manchester United as a bit of a hero, a fans' favourite, which is something not even the most ardent supporter of the Scotsman could ... «Irish Independent, Jan 15»
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Obama's gum-chewing in India called 'ungainly sight'
The outlet called it an “ungainly sight.” This wasn't the first time Obama has received criticism for chewing gum at public events. The president, who has been ... «Politico, Jan 15»
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Obama Knocked for Chewing Gum in India: 'Ungainly Sight'
"In an ungainly sight, cameras caught US President Brack Obama chewing gum during the Republic Day parade on Monday. In the picture captured by cameras ... «The Weekly Standard, Jan 15»

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