Gawky
Equivalents
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
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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