Crossword clues for awkwardly
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Awkward \Awk"ward\ ([add]k"we[~e]rd), a. [Awk + -ward.]
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Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
And dropped an awkward courtesy.
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Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
A long and awkward process.
--Macaulay.An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust.
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Perverse; adverse; untoward. [Obs.] ``Awkward casualties.'' ``Awkward wind.''
--Shak.O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel.
--Udall.Syn: Ungainly; unhandy; clownish; lubberly; gawky; maladroit; bungling; inelegant; ungraceful; unbecoming.
Usage: Awkward, Clumsy, Uncouth. Awkward has a special reference to outward deportment. A man is clumsy in his whole person, he is awkward in his gait and the movement of his limbs. Clumsiness is seen at the first view. Awkwardness is discovered only when a person begins to move. Hence the expressions, a clumsy appearance, and an awkward manner. When we speak figuratively of an awkward excuse, we think of a lack of ease and grace in making it; when we speak of a clumsy excuse, we think of the whole thing as coarse and stupid. We apply the term uncouth most frequently to that which results from the lack of instruction or training; as, uncouth manners; uncouth language. [1913 Webster] -- Awk"ward*ly ([add]k"we[~e]rd*l[y^]), adv. -- Awk"ward*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
WordNet
adv. in an awkward manner; "he bent awkwardly"
Usage examples of "awkwardly".
One on a side, he and the girl put out an oar apiece and awkwardly rowed the craft in a series of circles to nowhere.
As always, he was accompanied by Brother Aumery, who gave her a solemn wink as Michel awkwardly dismounted.
Beadle and Trixie Beadle came through the wings and stood awkwardly at the end of the semi-circle.
But Millie had to conceal from Randall Birley, standing awkwardly at the door, the truth about her emotions.
Monster honked as he heaved himself out of the water and hauled his blubbery body somewhat awkwardly across the sand.
Even the Quinnish sixer, who had flirted awkwardly with Brod for days, avoided his eyes and kept to her mates.
Squatting awkwardly on the slope, Calandra below the spot and I above it, we gave it a careful look.
Then, about to draw back from the window, she saw five men, oddly foreshortened figures from that lofty coign of view, leave the Red Moon by one of its bar entrances, bearing between them a heavy beam of wood, and with this improvised battering-ram aimed at the door to the besieged house, charge awkwardly across the cobbles.
He put the rope as best he could upon his thighs, but wishing to take off his hat, which was in his way, he took hold of it awkwardly, and it was soon dancing from plate to plate to join the packet of linen in the gutter.
After numerous little jocularities with the harlequins, especially the female ones, I recognized Therese in a domino, and walking up to her as awkwardly as I could I asked her to dance with me.
He bent and got hold of Cumber Sedge as best he could, draping him awkwardly over his shoulder, then ran, his heart swelling in his chest until he thought his ribs would explode outward.
The floor convulsed beneath their feet and Theo pitched over, Cumber falling awkwardly beneath him.
Magnus, distinguished by his smart outfit and grey hair, was setting up his elaborate diopter while more junior staff had to settle for the basic gro ma Some were responsible for raising twenty-foot-high marked posts that helped in taking levels, while others were awkwardly deploying a huge set square to mark a right angle for the initial setting-out of the intersection of the two wings of the new palace.
An uncommon quiet settled over the courtroom as Janice awkwardly sidestepped her way to the aisle and, the blood surging and pounding in her head, mechanically made her way towards the gate in the railings, each step of her wavering progress seemingly energized by an inner force beyond her command or comprehension.
The wheels of the engine creaked, steam threatened the cars, and they all retreated awkwardly toward the station, Furber bowing briskly.