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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[OE.

ungeinliche

, adv., fr.

ungein

inconvenient;

un-

+ Icel.

gegn

ready, serviceable; adv., against, opposite. See

not, and

Adj.

Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth;

as, an

ungainly

strut in walking

His

ungainly

figure and eccentric manners.

Macaulay.

Unsuitable; unprofitable.

[Obs.]

Hammond.

adv.

In an ungainly manner.

Adj.

Not expert or dextrous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as an ungainly strut in walking.

[I believe ungain is not used.]