Word familynoungawkergawkihoodgawkinessgawkadjectivegawky
gaw·ky /ˈɡɔːki $ ˈɡɒːki/adjectiveadj
GRACEFULsomeone who is gawky moves or behaves in an awkward way 行动[举止]笨拙的SYN clumsy
a gawky long-legged teenager
一个举止笨拙的长腿少年
—gawkiness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
gawky• Despite the fact that he was tall for his age, he was gawky and skinny.• It was gawky, hesitant, and brash.• The local grammar school had put too much of a gawky human edge on his son's image.• There are, of course, a few physically awkward, gawky, uncoordinated drivers.• Not even the gawky years of adolescence would alter it.