unˈgainsome,a. (un-1 7.) Also ungainsomelyadv. (un-1 11). 1655W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. i. (1669) 497/1 They know not how to handle them [sc. tools], they go ungainsomly about the work, and cut all into Chips.1832Lytton Eugene A. ii. vi, 'Tis so ungainsome, and be d―d to it.