The “gawky” illustrations look as though they may have been done by Belva Jean herself (Bulletin, Mar. 1989).
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Gawky
//ˈɡɔːki//
Synonyms for "gawky" (89 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (44)
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Translations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- недодялан adj (awkward, ungainly)
- непохватен adj (awkward, ungainly)
Czech
2 entries- nemotorný adj (awkward, ungainly)
- neohrabaný adj (awkward, ungainly)
Esperanto
1 entries- mallerta adj (awkward, ungainly)
Finnish
2 entries- jäykkä adj (awkward, ungainly)
- kömpelö adj (awkward, ungainly)
French
2 entries- godiche adj (awkward, ungainly)
- maladroit adj (awkward, ungainly)
Georgian
2 entries- მოუქნელი adj (awkward, ungainly)
- ულაზათო adj (awkward, ungainly)
Greek
1 entries- αδέξιος adj (awkward, ungainly)
Japanese
1 entries- 鈍臭い adj (awkward, ungainly)
Romanian
1 entries- stângaci adj (awkward, ungainly)
Russian
1 entries- неуклю́жий adj (awkward, ungainly)
Spanish
1 entries- insignificante adj (awkward, ungainly)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The woman had barely come up to Seth's shoulder. Petite with curly blonde hair and a dimpled smile. Nothing at all like Francine with her plain brown hair and hazel eyes. Just looking at the woman's picture had made her feel tall and gawky.
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"[…] 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."
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Let not the inconveniently tall, the gawkies, the Maypoles, despair.
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