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Meaning of Gawky | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡɔːki

Definitions

An awkward, ungainly person.

Equivalents

العربية أخرق
Български недодялан
Ελληνικά αδέξιος
Esperanto mallerta
Español insignificante
Français godiche maladroit
日本語 鈍臭い
ქართული ულაზათო
Română stângaci
Русский неуклюжий

Examples

“"[…] Mrs. Sedley had forgiven his breaking the punch-bowl at the child's party. Don't you remember the catastrophe, Ma'am, seven years ago?" "Over Mrs. Flamingo's crimson silk gown," said good-natured Mrs. Sedley. "What a gawky it was! And his sisters are not much more graceful. Lady Dobbin was at Highbury last night with three of them. Such figures! my dears."”
“Let not the inconveniently tall, the gawkies, the Maypoles, despair.”

CEFR level

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