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gauchely
adverb
uk /ˈɡəʊʃ.li/ us /ˈɡoʊʃ.li/
If someone behaves gauchely, they behave in an awkward and uncomfortable way with other people, especially because they are young and without experience:
Apart from the gauchely expressed views of a few teenagers, the topic of youth culture is hardly discussed.
At this moment, the maid pushed open the door and came gauchely into the room.
After a series of gauchely flirtatious online exchanges, they arrange to meet.
The dress hung gauchely, making her seem much younger.
At the end, he is joined by a dance troupe, rather gauchely simulating a train.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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accident-prone
adorkable
all thumbsidiom
amateurish
amateurishly
fumbling
fumblingly
functional illiteracy
gauche
gawkily
inexpertly
jack-of-all-trades
jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
klutzy
like a bull in a china shopidiom
uncoordinated
uneducable
unenterprising
unequal
ungainly
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