Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ungainly

Ungainly , adjective

[Old English ungeinliche, adv., from ungein inconvenient; un- + Icelandic gegn ready, serviceable; adv., against, opposite. See Un- not, and Gain, a., Again.]

1.
Not gainly; not expert or dexterous; clumsy; awkward; uncouth; as, an ungainly strut in walking.
His ungainly figure and eccentric manners. — Macaulay
2.
Unsuitable; unprofitable. [Obsolete] — Hammond

Ungainly , adverb

In an ungainly manner.