Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - ungainly
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adjective Etymology: obsolete gain direct, from Middle English gayn, geyn, from Old English gen, from Old Norse gegn, from gegn, preposition, against; akin to Old English gean- against — more at again Date: 1611 1. a. lacking in smoothness or dexterity ; clumsy ~ movements b. hard to handle ; unwieldy an ~ contraption 2. having an awkward appearance a large ~ bird • ungainliness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. (of a person, animal, or movement) awkward, clumsy. Derivatives ungainliness n. Etymology: UN-(1) + obs. gainly graceful ult. f. ON gegn straight ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. неловкий, неуклюжий, нескалдный tall ungainly figure —- высокая неулюжая фигура 2. громоздкий 3. некрасивый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj moving in a way that does not look graceful (I had been a tall, ungainly teenager with a bad haircut and National Health glasses.) - ungainliness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1611, originally "unfit, improper," from M.E. ungein, from O.N. gegn "convenient." UNGODLY - 1526, "irreligious, wicked;" colloquial sense of "outrageous, dreadful" is first recorded 1887. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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