ungainlies
ungainlies is the plural of ungainly.
Meaning of ungainly
Noun
ungainly (plural ungainlies)
- 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...
Questions about ungainlies
- What is ungainlies the plural of?
- Ungainlies is the plural of ungainly.
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