Ungainly vs Graceful - What's the difference?
ungainly | graceful |
clumsy; lacking grace.
* Macaulay
difficult to move or to manage; unwieldy.
(obsolete) unsuitable; unprofitable
Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
, title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=1
As adjectives the difference between ungainly and graceful
is that ungainly is clumsy; lacking grace while graceful is having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.ungainly
English
Adjective
(er)- His ungainly figure and eccentric manners.
- (Hammond)
graceful
English
Alternative forms
* gracefull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. […] The bed was the most extravagant piece. Its graceful cane halftester rose high towards the cornice and was so festooned in carved white wood that the effect was positively insecure, as if the great couch were trimmed with icing sugar.}}
