What are the opposite words for gawkily?

Gawkily refers to being clumsy and awkward in movement or behavior. Its antonyms are words that describe gracefulness, elegance, and sophistication. Some of these antonyms include smoothly, gracefully, suavely, effortlessly, polished, refined, well-coordinated, agile, and dexterous. These words represent the opposite of the gawkily behavior or movement. The usage of antonyms for gawkily is essential in making comparisons and highlighting the differences between two ideas, things or persons. A person who is not gawkily can be seen as more appealing and attractive than one who is. Therefore, the use of antonyms for the word can help in creating a more positive and desirable image.

What are the antonyms for Gawkily?

• adv.

  • awkwardly
  • adroitly
  ,
  • gracefully
  ,
  • skillfully
  .

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• If the whiteness they pursue is cool and haughty and blank, history is uncool, reaches out gawkily for affinities, asserts itself boldly, threatens to mark, to break through and stain the primed white canvas that is their life. For, having primed it, they do not know where to start, how to make a mark. They are alone in the world, a small new island of whiteness. Or so they think; they do not know, or perhaps they do not want to know, that the neighbourhood is full of people like them. Thus they are steeped in its silence.

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