Un-gāin'ly, a.

a. [O. Eng. ungain, A-S. ungægne, ungengne, of no effect, vain, from un and genge, strong, from gangan, to go.] Not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking. “His ungainly figure and eccentric manners.” Macaulay.