gawkishness
ki adjective, gawk·i·er, gawk·i·est.
awkward; ungainly; clumsy.
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| —adj , gawkier, gawkiest | |
| 1. | clumsy or ungainly; awkward |
| 2. | dialect (West Yorkshire) left-handed |
| gawkish or gawkish | |
| —adj | |
| 'gawkily or gawkish | |
| —adv | |
| 'gawkishly or gawkish | |
| —adv | |
| 'gawkiness or gawkish | |
| —n | |
| 'gawkishness or gawkish | |
| —n | |
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| gawky or gawkish (ˈɡɔːkɪ) | |
| —adj , gawkier, gawkiest | |
| 1. | clumsy or ungainly; awkward |
| 2. | dialect (West Yorkshire) left-handed |
| gawkish or gawkish | |
| —adj | |
| 'gawkily or gawkish | |
| —adv | |
| 'gawkishly or gawkish | |
| —adv | |
| 'gawkiness or gawkish | |
| —n | |
| 'gawkishness or gawkish | |
| —n | |
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gawky
"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-Fr. relations.
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