awkwardly

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awkwardly

adverb more awkwardly · most awkwardly · aukwardly

  1. In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination. A poorly finished trunk has an awkwardly high liftover and no useful handhold on its lid.

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Closest in meaning: uneasily, clumsily, gauchely, ungainly, maladroitly, ungracefully, ineptly, blunderingly, bumblingly, bunglingly, gracelessly, inelegantly, fumblingly, haltingly, stumblingly, gawkily

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adv in an awkward manner

Españoltorpemente
Deutschunbeholfen, ungeschickt, umständlich, tapsig
Ελληνικάάγαρμπα ágarmpa
Русскийнеуклю́же neukljúže

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@misc{awkwardly_2026,
  title = {awkwardly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/awkwardly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}