The definition of ungainly is someone who is awkward or clumsy.
(adjective)A person who is always tripping over his own two feet is an example of someone who would be described as ungainly.
See ungainly in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
Origin: ME ungeinliche < ungein, perilous (< un-, not + ON gegn, ready, serviceable, akin to OE gegn: see again) + -liche, -ly
adverb
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See ungainly in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective un·gain·li·er, un·gain·li·est
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Origin: un-1
Origin: + obsolete gainly, proper (from Middle English gainli, from gain, from Old Norse gegn, direct)
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