gainly conduct.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

When she moved them, they flipped out of her less than gainly little grasp.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harpy Thyme]

He accepted the bed gratefully, stripped away his un - gainly clothing, lay down, and was soon asleep.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juxtaposition]

In our admiration we entirely separate these qualities from that least gainly and least wholesome of the forms of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference

His eyes opened wide behind his spectacles and, shoving aside a pair of young men pawing each other, broke into an un - gainly run.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Skin]

His hands and feet seemed to have reverted to their hobbledehoy clumsiness of some years back, in his pimply boyhood, but for all that, the look she gave him in departing made him feel tall, confident and gainly.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Leper of Saint Giles]

And the truth glares good and gainly in the face of 'change and mart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Guns of the Gods]

It was all I had to commend me, my tremendous strength, my powerful physique, my agile, gainly motion, and strong shapely limbs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Story of a Slave. A Realistic Revelation of a Social Relation of Slave Times--Hitherto Unwritten--From the Pen of One Who Has Felt Both the Lash and the Caress of a Mistress] Reference

The goal did not change the complexion of the game, as Cameroon continued to push forward in search of a goal, while Gabon defended gainly to keep them out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Both go about gainly control the same way and their political philosophy is opposed to a Constitutional Democratic Republic and capitalism as the financial engine of the economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference

Those who sit in a glass house do wrong to throw stones about them; besides, the American glass house is rather thin, it will break easily, and the interior is anything but a gainly sight.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anarchism and Other Essays] Reference

"Learned pigs," however, such as are exhibited at country fairs, are a rare occurrence, and the family to which they belong is essentially one "gross" in character, and far from gainly in appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.] Reference

He wanted quite desperately to love something staid and feminine and gainly and well bred, whatever its age! some kind soft warm thing in petticoats and thin shoes, with no hair on its face, and a voice that wasn't male!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Martian] Reference

Laser-assisted new attachment procedure - commonly referred to as LANAP - is gainly popularity in the treatment of periodontal disease because of the many benefits it offers over traditional periodontal treatments, which are more invasive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

But for now, she said, if you are pregnant and can bear the thought of jogging or power-waddling, a more common, if less gainly, third-trimester workout and have your doctor's approval, then "it does seem likely that you will be giving your child a head start on heart health.".    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

A gainly bull grazing amid the pastures of a succulent meadow.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mummer's Wife] Reference

"I did not fashion the man," said Faith, biting her lip, and tossing her head; "nor is it aught to me whether he be gainly or not.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish] Reference

Have you ever run into someone who was "combobulated," "chalant," "sheveled," "gruntled," or "gainly"?.    From Wordnik.com.  [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4] Reference