Both Uses of
ungainly
in
The Time Machine
- Its back was corrugated and ornamented with ungainly bosses, and a greenish incrustation blotched it here and there.†
Chpt 11 *
- Its evil eyes were wriggling on their stalks, its mouth was all alive with appetite, and its vast ungainly claws, smeared with an algal slime, were descending upon me.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(ungainly) lacking grace in movement or appearance; or difficult to handle or manage -- especially because of shape