GAWKINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gawkiness mean? 

• GAWKINESS (noun)
  The noun GAWKINESS has 1 sense:

1. the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant

  Familiarity information: GAWKINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAWKINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The carriage of someone whose movements and posture are extremely ungainly and inelegant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

gawkiness; ungainliness

Hypernyms ("gawkiness" is a kind of...):

awkwardness; clumsiness (the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant)

Derivation:

gawky (lacking grace in movement or posture)