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Adjective ungainly has 2 senses
- gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy - lacking grace in movement or posture; "a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"; "clumsy fingers"; "what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"; "heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
Antonym: graceful (indirect, via awkward)
- awkward, bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly - difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"
Antonyms: wieldy, manageable (indirect, via unwieldy)
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