Another word for gawky
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Adjective
Lacking dexterity and grace in physical movement
- Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy.
- Difficult to move or use; unwieldy.
- Marked by a lack of adroitness; inept.
- An inept person.
- Stupid or dull.
- Clumsy or cumbersome.
- Lacking or showing a lack of skill or competence; bungling or clumsy:
- Showing a lack of judgment, sense, or reason; inappropriate or foolish:
- Lacking grace; clumsy.
- Having or exhibiting no sense of propriety or decency.
- Inferior or clumsy in treatment or performance:
- Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
- Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy:
- Gauche; inept:
- Not graceful; ungainly.
- Not dexterous; clumsy.
- Clumsily or unskillfully performed:
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Another word for gawky
Modifier
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- Crude; unrefined.
- Awkward or clumsy; ungraceful.
- Foreign; unfamiliar.
- Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people.
- Lacking the refinement or elegance associated with urban life.
- Charmingly simple or unsophisticated in a manner considered typical of country living.
- Lacking grace or ease of movement or form; clumsy.
- Difficult to move or use; unwieldy.
- Lacking physical coordination, skill, or grace; awkward.
- Awkwardly constructed; unwieldy:
- Gauche; inept:
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