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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
awkward/ˈɔːkwəd/
▶adjective
- 1 hard to do or deal with.
- 2 causing or feeling uneasy embarrassment.
- 3 not smooth or graceful.
– derivatives
awkwardly adverb,
awkwardness noun.
awkwardly adverb,
awkwardness noun.
– origin ME (in the sense ‘the wrong way round, upside down’): from dial. awk (from ON afugr) + -ward.
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