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We found 23 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word ungainly:
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General dictionaries General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. ungainly: V2 Vocabulary Building Dictionary [home, info]
  2. ungainly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. ungainly: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. ungainly: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. ungainly: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. ungainly: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. ungainly: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. ungainly: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. ungainly: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. ungainly: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. ungainly: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. ungainly: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Ungainly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  14. ungainly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  15. ungainly: Rhymezone [home, info]
  16. ungainly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  17. ungainly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  18. ungainly: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  19. ungainly: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  20. ungainly: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  21. ungainly: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  22. ungainly: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ungainly: Wordcraft Dictionary [home, info]

Quick definitions (ungainly)

adjective:  difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape ("The cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl")
adjective:  lacking grace in movement or posture ("A gawky lad with long ungainly legs")

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Words similar to ungainly:   awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, clunky, gawky, ungainliness, unwieldy, elephantine, weedy, more...


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