From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgawkygaw‧ky /ˈɡɔːki $ ˈɡɒːki/ adjective GRACEFULsomeone who is gawky moves or behaves in an awkward way SYN clumsy a gawky long-legged teenager —gawkiness noun [uncountable]
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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. 