gawky

The Movement: Julia had this gawky awkwardness, which Streep picks up.

He was reminded of the flight of time only by the growth of his son—a gawky, long-limbed boy.

Mediocrity had only seen the gawky stripling, with his moonstruck air, and pestilent habit of trying some new crotchet.

It sets up a gawky fellow to find a girl who ain't ashamed to be seen walking with him Sundays.

Three big, gawky helmet-headed beetles next followed, bearing rice-sprouts, with full heads of rice.

But who would ever have imagined that that gawky shock-headed American boy had really got so much romance in him!