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type | a |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance |
examples | an awkward dancer an awkward gesture too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot |
Outgoing links | |
Also see | maladroit; ugly |
Derivationally related form | awkward → awkwardness |
Antonym | awkward → graceful |
Similar to | gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy; graceless, ungraceful; labored, laboured, strained; wooden |
Incoming links | |
Also see | maladroit; ugly |
Antonym | graceful → awkward |
Similar to | gawky, clumsy, clunky, ungainly, unwieldy; graceless, ungraceful; labored, laboured, strained; wooden |
Derived from adjective | awkwardly → awkward |
Derivationally related form | awkwardness → awkward |
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