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Gawky \Gawk"y\ (g[add]k"[y^]), a. [Compar. {Gawkier} (g[add]k"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Gawkiest}.] Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk.
(This is an over-neat screenwriter's touch; in the novel the two American characters were different.) Reeve is a gawky bantamweight thrown into a ring full of swift-moving heavyweights.
Seeing all those millions in action, I was just so relieved that Ms. Gruberova, gawky thing that she is, didn't accidentally smother herself in a drape.
He was a gawky young appliance salesman with a long neck and big ears and no friends at the country club.
Then, Mr George, whose lanky frame gives him the appearance of a gawky schoolboy, seemed overawed at the responsibility he had inherited.