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ungainlies

ungainlies is the plural of ungainly.

Meaning of ungainly

Noun

ungainly (plural ungainlies)

  1. (rare) An ungainly person or thing.
    • I was completely subdued:—hungry, cold, wet, and chilled, outside and inside, with the weather, and the place, and the people,—but that's a bull, for I saw nobody except two ungainly country footmen, and a fat groom of the chambers who took me to my room, and assigned me one of the ungainlies as...1854, Henry W[hitelock] Torrens, “My Old Gun Screw. [Screw No. 4.]”, in James Hume, compiler, A Selection from the Writings, Prose and Poetical, of the Late Henry W. Torrens, Esq., B.A., Bengal Civil...

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Questions about ungainlies

What is ungainlies the plural of?
Ungainlies is the plural of ungainly.

Words near ungainlies in the dictionary

  1. ungainful
  2. ungainfully
  3. ungainfulness
  4. ungainlie
  5. ungainlier
  6. ungainlies
  7. ungainliest
  8. ungainlily
  9. ungainliness
  10. ungainlinesses
  11. ungainly

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