All 3 Uses of
ungainly
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Canon Mackie is a tall, stooped, bland-faced man, so plainly ugly that his ungainly size is unthreatening—and so plainly decent that even his stubbornness of mind is not generally offensive.†
p. 228.4ungainly = lacking grace in movement or appearance; or difficult to handle or manage
- Once the body was slid into the hearse, the flag on top of the container lay still, and the family—like a large, ungainly animal—approached the hearse and Owen Meany.†
p. 596.9 *
- The ungainly boy lived for reaching the legal age for legal slaughter.†
p. 610.2
Definition:
lacking grace in movement or appearance; or difficult to handle or manage -- especially because of shape