Awkward

a.	1.	Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. And dropped an awkward courtesy. - Dryden.
	2.	Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. A long and awkward process. - Macaulay. An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust. - C. J. Smith.
	3.	Perverse; adverse; untoward. O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel. - Udall.

Adj.	1.	awkward - causing inconvenience; "they arrived at an awkward time"
	2.	awkward - lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; "an awkward dancer"; "an awkward gesture"; "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"; "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot" Antonyms: graceful - characterized by beauty of movement, style, form etc.; not awkward
	3.	awkward - difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; "an awkward bundle to carry"; "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"; "clumsy wooden shoes"; "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl" Synonyms: bunglesome, ungainly, clumsy
	4.	awkward - not elegant or graceful in expression; "an awkward prose style"; "a clumsy apology"; "his cumbersome writing style"; "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?" Synonyms: ill-chosen, inapt, inept, clumsy, cumbersome
	5.	awkward - hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign" Synonyms: embarrassing, unenviable, sticky
	6.	awkward - not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner; "awkward and reserved at parties"; "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"; "was always uneasy with strangers" Synonyms: ill at ease, uneasy

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