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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
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causing inconvenience | | 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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