English Dictionary

elbowy

形容詞

人体 人の動作 樹木・枝 建造物

(of a person’s body) Tall and awkward. / (of a person’s movement) Awkward; especially, involving the awkward protrusion of the elbows. / (of a tree or branches) Having bends that resemble elbows.

日本語の意味

（人物の体に対して）長身でぎこちなく、肘が目立つ特徴を持つ状態。 / （人物の動作に対して）ぎこちなく、特に肘が不自然に突き出す動きをすること。 / （木や枝に対して）肘のような屈曲や曲がりが見られる状態。

The elbowy waiter kept bumping shoulders as he weaved through the crowded dining room.

背が高くてぎこちないウェイターは、混み合った食堂の間を縫うように進むときに何度も肩をぶつけた。

意味（1）

(of a person’s body) Tall and awkward.

Doubtless it gratifies you to observe Elbowy girls and adipose mamas All looking adoration as you swerve This way and that;

意味（2）

(of a person’s movement) Awkward; especially, involving the awkward protrusion of the elbows.

[…] I was noticing how very elbowy his gestures were […]

意味（3）

(of a tree or branches) Having bends that resemble elbows.

I […] looked out over my garden: the unkempt lush grass and the sweet-gum tree with elbowy boughs, crotchety and irregular.

意味（4）

(of a built structure) Angular in an awkward way.

It is a place fit for a lady of her quality, and none of your elbowy dwellings like these crowded about us. One may easily tell the house, by its pretty blinds and its shades.

more elbowy （ comparative ）

most elbowy （ superlative ）