ungainliness

2 definitions found

ungainliness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ungainliness \Un*gain"li*ness\, n.
     The state or quality of being ungainly; awkwardness.
     [1913 Webster]

ungainliness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ungainliness
      n 1: the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are
           extremely ungainly and inelegant [syn: gawkiness,
           ungainliness]