title
ˈgȯ-kē
Other Words from gawky
gawkily
ˈgȯ-kə-lē
adverb
gawkiness
noun
gawky
noun
Examples of gawky in a Sentence
the stiff, gawky gait of a newborn colt
Recent Examples on the Web
The juxtaposition — robust muscleman and gawky fowl — is a wonderfully sarcastic rebuke to Plato’s description of humans as featherless bipeds.
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Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Out of the shadows and into the light: "Chiaroscuro Woodcut" is a sleeper hit at LACMA," 5 July 2018
The 32-year-old cofounder and co-CEO of Bitmain, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency mining firm, displays a strikingly reserved and gawky demeanor.
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Robert Hackett, Fortune, "A Sit-Down With Billionaire Bitcoin Mining Mogul Jihan Wu of Bitmain," 8 June 2018
While most women aren’t used to wearing big, sometimes gawky hats, the majority of Derby-goers are sporting some type of head accessory at the track.
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Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, "What should I wear to the Kentucky Derby? Here"s help in planning your hat, dress & more," 12 Apr. 2018
Byrne"s capacity for shouts, grunts and other sounds is a sort of gawky update on Brown"s work, and the almost militaristic organization of the band, too, reminds of the Godfather of Soul.
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Andrew Dansby, Houston Chronicle, "David Byrne live: reviewing a slippery person," 29 Apr. 2018
This is sort of out there, but Luke Falk is kinda skinny, a bit of a gawky athlete.
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Tim Rohan, SI.com, "Phil Savage on Mock Drafts, the 2018 QB Class and the Player to Watch at the Combine," 23 Feb. 2018
On tour since the album’s release, Lorde has presented herself as a passionate singer, a proudly gawky dancer and the center of an eccentric spectacle that, so far, has scaled up without sacrificing intensity.
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The New York Times, New York Times, "22 Musicals, Plays, Concerts, Dances and Festivals You Can’t Miss This Spring," 20 Feb. 2018
How else to explain the intimate, gawky tenderness with which the heads of the dead Christ and the man supporting him touch, almost in a kiss?
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Holland Cotter, New York Times, "Collecting Strokes of Genius," 12 Oct. 2017
Comparisons were made to Barack Obama, on the basis that the two men both had a certain gawky charm and both appeared to inspire an enormous amount of hope.
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The Economist, "Jokowi at bayIndonesian politics are becoming less predictable," 5 Oct. 2017
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First Known Use of gawky
1759, in the meaning defined above
More Definitions for gawky
ˈgȯ-kē
: awkward and clumsy
a tall gawky boy
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