Antonyms for gawky

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gaw-kee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɔ ki

Definition of gawky

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.

adj clumsy

Example sentences :

Seymore Wilson, 3a3b4c3b, 8ca: He is a gawky, love-sick youth.
Extract from : « A Syllabus of Kentucky Folk-Songs » by Hubert G. Shearin

But we must all go through the gawky age; we must each of us take our turn.
Extract from : « The Children of Wilton Chase » by Mrs. L. T. Meade

Shea (the judge) was just as good and graceful, as he (the member) was bad and gawky.
Extract from : « The Letters of Charles Dickens » by Charles Dickens

And a person is never surprised at anything that a girl at the "gawky age" does.
Extract from : « The Annals of Ann » by Kate Trimble Sharber

Fries nuvver was no good for nobody 35 at the gawky age, nohow.
Extract from : « The Annals of Ann » by Kate Trimble Sharber

I may as well say at once that I don't intend to take a pale, gawky girl about with me.
Extract from : « Wild Heather » by L. T. Meade

The niece, rustic and gawky; the companion sour and frumpish.
Extract from : « Mount Royal, Volume 1 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon

I never kissed her, as I intended, but I stood staring like a gawky.
Extract from : « Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall » by Robert S. Hawker

What could she say to this gawky youth, whose face she could not even see?
Extract from : « Hildegarde's Home » by Laura E. Richards

Damn them, I am sick of these gawky, long-legged, half-civilized recruits!
Extract from : « Horse-Shoe Robinson » by John Pendleton Kennedy

Synonyms for gawky

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