[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ungainly \ungain"ly\, a. oe. ungeinliche, adv., fr. ungein
   inconvenient; un- + icel. gegn ready, serviceable; adv.,
   against, opposite. see un- not, and gain, a., again.
   1913 webster
   1. not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward;
      uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
      1913 webster

            his ungainly figure and eccentric manners.
                                                  --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   2. unsuitable; unprofitable. obs. --hammond.
      1913 webster
see also:
un- gain again 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ungainly \ungain"ly\, adv.
   in an ungainly manner.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

ungainly
     adj 1: lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long
            ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly
            creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure
            out of his chair" syn: gawky, clumsy, clunky, unwieldy
     2: difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;
        "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome
        paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a
        rather ungainly instrument for a girl" syn: awkward, bunglesome,
         clumsy
     also: ungainliest, ungainlier
see also:
gawky clumsy clunky unwieldy awkward bunglesome 
ungainliest ungainlier 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

42 moby thesaurus words for "ungainly":
   all thumbs, awkward, blunderheaded, blundering, boorish, bumbling,
   bungling, butterfingered, careless, clownish, clumsy,
   clumsy-fisted, cumbersome, fingers all thumbs, fumbling, gauche,
   gawkish, gawky, graceless, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed,
   hulking, hulky, inelegant, left-hand, left-handed, loutish,
   lubberly, lumbering, lumpish, maladroit, oafish, ponderous, sloppy,
   splay, stiff, uncouth, ungraced, ungraceful, unhandy, unwieldy

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