gawkilyadv.
/ˈɡɔːkɪli/ In a gawky or ungainly manner; like a gawk.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adverb] > clumsily or awkwardly
unhagherlyc1175
unslyly?a1400
roughc1400
unslya1425
rudelyc1425
unhandsomely1545
grosslyc1550
untowardly?1550
botcherly?1566
bungerly1574
lubberlike1575
lumpishly1583
clouterly1593
lubberly1594
foggily1599
awkly1603
unwieldilyc1610
cumbersomely1611
uneasily1611
sinisterly1628
left-handedly1648
ungainlya1661
awkwardly1663
clumsily1691
uncleverly1697
wrong1727
unwieldly1793
gawkily1811
maladroitly1827
undexterously1848
flat-footedly1886
ham-fistedly1964
ham-handedly1964
1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude IV. lxvii. 39 ‘I suppose you read a great deal then,’ said Lady Elma, gawkily.
1928 Daily Express 13 Feb. 3 He is tall and almost gawkily built.
1928 Oxf. Poetry 38 These boughs..stretch gawkily above the cross-roads.
1944 W. 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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adv.1811- cutting purpose
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