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Antonyms for gawkiness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : gaw-kee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɔ ki



Definition of gawkiness

Origin :
  • "awkward, ungainly," 1724, from gawk hand "left hand" (1703), perhaps a contraction of gaulick, thus "gaulish hand," derogatory slang that could have originated during some period of strained Anglo-French relations, i.e. most of recorded history.
  • As in awkwardness : noun clumsiness; inelegance
  • As in artlessness : noun unskillfulness
Example sentences :
  • But in place of gawkiness and grunts, the golden virtue of silence, and the conscious pride of natural dignity.
  • Extract from : « Islam Her Moral And Spiritual Value » by Arthur Glyn Leonard
  • It's "raw-bone" and gawkiness has swept things before it, and has built up great things in all times.
  • Extract from : « How to Read Human Nature » by William Walker Atkinson
  • And it was only a certain gaucherie, a gawkiness on Anna's part that irritated her against the girl.
  • Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
  • How a young lover made ridiculous by the gawkiness of modern costume must envy the picturesque gallants of seventy years ago!
  • Extract from : « Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • In another year he would doubtless lose all his gawkiness and become quite a gallant.
  • Extract from : « A Love Episode » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for gawkiness

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