how to pronounce gawky

/ˈɡɔːkiː/

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gawky is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔː

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iː

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An example use of gawky in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… i was gawky as a teenager i lived in …”

meanings of gawky

adjective:

Awkward, ungainly; lacking grace or dexterity in movement.
Left-handed.

noun:

An awkward, ungainly person.

gawky frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word gawky occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics gawky can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that gawky can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;