Definition of Awkwardly

1. Adverb. In an awkward manner. "He bent awkwardly"

Partainyms: Awkward

Definition of Awkwardly

1. Adverb. In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination. ¹

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Definition of Awkwardly

1. in an awkward manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Awkwardly

awhape
awhaped
awhapes
awhaping
awheel
awheels
awhile
awhirl
awing
awk
awkly
awkward
awkward squad
awkwarder
awkwardest
awkwardly (current term)
awkwardness
awkwardnesses
awkwardnessful
awkweird
awl
awlbird
awlbirds
awless
awlessness
awllike
awls
awluz
awlwort
awlworts

Literary usage of Awkwardly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"... earl of Antrim, is ingeniously conceived but awkwardly executed. From a passage in the prologue it has been hastily supposed that Ford was abroad when ..."

2. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2006)
"Marci's father, and his sobs made his chest shake and Mr. Davenport awkwardly came from behind his desk and set a box of kleen- exes on the hard bench ..."

3. Macmillan's Magazineby David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1889)
"... notwithstanding her late regrets at the broken engagement, but Seth began to advance awkwardly towards her. in fact, he had noticed the tall, gaunt, ..."

4. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1896)
"... shepherds by means of the pastoral tales of the ancients, and is driven to drag in, awkwardly enough, the legends of Cyrus and Romulus" (Leben fesu, i. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Comprising the History, Institutions by William Smith, Samuel Cheetham (1880)
"Prassede, shew clearly that a tower did not form part of the original plans ; in the first case, it is awkwardly wedged in in a corner ; in the latter it ..."

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