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  • 21gawky — I. a. Awkward, ungainly, clownish, boorish, rustic, clumsy, raw, green, uncouth, loutish. II. n. Clown, boor, booby, lout, bumpkin, gawk, awkward simpleton …

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  • 22gawky — adj clumsy, awkward, ungainly, maladroit, heavy handed, blundering, bungling, gawkish, gauche, like a bull in a china shop, Inf. butterfingered, Sl. klutzy; loutish, oafish, doltish, cloddish, clodhopping, lumpish, lubberly …

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  • 23gawky — gawk•y [[t]ˈgɔ ki[/t]] also gawk′ish adj. gawk•i•er, gawk•i•est awkward; ungainly; clumsy • Etymology: 1715–25 gawk′i•ly, gawk′ish•ly, adv. gawk′i•ness, gawk′ish•ness, n …

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  • 24gawky — /ˈgɔki / (say gawkee) adjective (gawkier, gawkiest) awkward; ungainly; clumsy. –gawkily, adverb –gawkiness, noun …

  • 25gawky —  awkward ; generally used to signify a tall awkward person. N …

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  • 26gawky — adj. (gawkier, gawkiest) awkward or ungainly. Derivatives: gawkily adv. gawkiness n …

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  • 27Gawkier — Gawky Gawk y (g[add]k [y^]), a. [Compar. {Gawkier} (g[add]k [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Gawkiest}.] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 28Gawkiest — Gawky Gawk y (g[add]k [y^]), a. [Compar. {Gawkier} (g[add]k [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Gawkiest}.] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 29gawkily — gawky ► ADJECTIVE (gawkier, gawkiest) ▪ nervously awkward and ungainly. DERIVATIVES gawkily adverb gawkiness noun …

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  • 30gawkiness — gawky ► ADJECTIVE (gawkier, gawkiest) ▪ nervously awkward and ungainly. DERIVATIVES gawkily adverb gawkiness noun …

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