All 5 Uses
ungainly
in
A Game of Thrones
(Auto-generated)
- She ran from him, but her body seemed thick and ungainly.†
p. 100.9 *ungainly = lacking grace in movement or appearance; or difficult to handle or manage
- Joffrey examined the boy, an ungainly lad with a coarse, freckled face and thick red hair.†
p. 150.4
- He landed breathless in front of Catelyn Stark, an ungainly-looking man with wild tufts of rust-colored hair sticking out from under a conical steel cap.†
p. 332.4
- Her body felt so fat and ungainly now that she welcomed the help of their strong arms and deft hands, whereas before she had often been uncomfortable with the way they fussed and fluttered about her.†
p. 584.5
- He was so heavy and so ungainly, it would be just like him to break a wrist or twist his ankle getting out of the way.†
p. 773.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(ungainly) lacking grace in movement or appearance; or difficult to handle or manage -- especially because of shape
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)