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English to English adjective
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lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance |
• 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 |
• 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 |
• 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 |
• 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 |
• 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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