gawkily, adv.
(ˈgɔːkɪlɪ)
[f. gawky a. + -ly2.]
In a gawky or ungainly manner; like a gawk.
| 1812 L. M. Hawkins C'tess & Gertrude IV. 39 ‘I suppose you read a great deal then,’ said Lady Elma gawkily. 1928 Daily Express 13 Feb. 3 He is tall and almost gawkily built. 1928 Oxf. Poetry 38 These boughs..stretch gawkily above the cross-roads. 1944 W. S. Maugham Razor's Edge iv. 153 She held herself gawkily as though she didn't know how to cope with the length of her limbs. |