English to English adjective
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lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance | Example:
• an awkward dancer • an awkward gesture • too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes • his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot
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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. | source: webster1913 adjective satellite Example:
• they arrived at an awkward time
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difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | Example:
• an awkward bundle to carry • a load of bunglesome paraphernalia • clumsy wooden shoes • the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
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not elegant or graceful in expression | Example:
• an awkward prose style • a clumsy apology • his cumbersome writing style • if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
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hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment | Example:
• awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion • an awkward pause followed his remark • a sticky question • in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
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socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner | Example:
• awkward and reserved at parties • ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know • was always uneasy with strangers
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