| 释义 |
gawkily, adv.|ˈgɔːkɪlɪ|
[f. gawky a. + -ly2.]
In a gawky or ungainly manner; like a gawk.
1812L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertrude IV. 39 ‘I suppose you read a great deal then,’ said Lady Elma gawkily. 1928Daily Express 13 Feb. 3 He is tall and almost gawkily built. 1928Oxf. Poetry 38 These boughs..stretch gawkily above the cross-roads. 1944W. S. Maugham Razor's Edge iv. 153 She held herself gawkily as though she didn't know how to cope with the length of her limbs. |