[adj] - lacking grace in movement or posture
• (superl.) Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.
clumsy adjective lacking grace in movement or posture; `a gawky lad with long ungainly legs`; `clumsy fingers`; `what an ungainly creature a giraffe is`; `heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair`
Gawk'y adjective [ Compar. Gawkier ; superl. Gawkiest .] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- noun A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.