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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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