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awkwardly en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂époh₃kʷos Proto-Germanic *abuhaz Old Norse ǫfugrder. Middle English awke English awk Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English awkward Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English awkwardly From awkward + -ly.

Meanings

  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. 2007 December 23, Lawrence Ulrich, “Same Small-Car Stew, Stirred and Reheated”, in The New York Times:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
aukwardly alternative, obsolete lexicographic
most awkwardly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more awkwardly Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Translations (11)

fi kiusallisesti (in an awkward manner) · de tapsig (in an awkward manner) · de ungeschickt (in an awkward manner) · es torpemente (in an awkward manner) · eo mallerte (in an awkward manner) · de unbeholfen (in an awkward manner) · ru неуклю́же (in an awkward manner) · fi hankalasti (in an awkward manner) · hu esetlenül (in an awkward manner) · de umständlich (in an awkward manner) · el άγαρμπα (in an awkward manner)