awkwardly [
'ɔ:kwədli]
a. 笨拙地,棘手地
ad. 笨拙地
awkwardly[ adv ]
in an awkward manner
<adv.all>
he bent awkwardly
Awkward \Awk"ward\ ([add]k"we[~e]rd), a. [Awk + -ward.]
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. [Obs.] ``Awkward
casualties.'' ``Awkward wind.'' --Shak.
O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion,
do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel.
--Udall.
Syn: Ungainly; unhandy; clownish; lubberly; gawky; maladroit;
bungling; inelegant; ungraceful; unbecoming.
Usage: {Awkward}, {Clumsy}, {Uncouth}. Awkward has a special
reference to outward deportment. A man is clumsy in
his whole person, he is awkward in his gait and the
movement of his limbs. Clumsiness is seen at the first
view. Awkwardness is discovered only when a person
begins to move. Hence the expressions, a clumsy
appearance, and an awkward manner. When we speak
figuratively of an awkward excuse, we think of a lack
of ease and grace in making it; when we speak of a
clumsy excuse, we think of the whole thing as coarse
and stupid. We apply the term uncouth most frequently
to that which results from the lack of instruction or
training; as, uncouth manners; uncouth language.
※ -- {Awk"ward*ly}
([add]k"we[~e]rd*l[y^]), adv. -- {Awk"ward*ness}, n.
- He looked uncharacteristically old and clod-footed, standing out awkwardly in a cast of experienced, authentic Wagnerians.
- There is great danger here, however, that Argentina will establish a complex regulatory structure that will only re-create more awkwardly the system of special benefits that generated the economic problems from the start.
- It's an awkwardly written part awkwardly acted.
- It's an awkwardly written part awkwardly acted.
- Her replacement, Richard Jackson, found himself awkwardly asked to deputise as a baritone Ellen in one of Schubert's Sir Walter Scott settings. That was one of many songs in which the composer chose poetry in a language other than his own.
- That's because director Stuart Vaughan lets his actors do what they want, resulting in a clash of acting styles that leaves more blood on the stage than any of fight co-ordinator B.H. Barry's awkwardly choreographed battles.
- The other participants laugh awkwardly, some in relief, others because they know that Pascale, in spite of his politeness, is disappointed in them.
- Only Louise Lombard fits awkwardly in the company, oddly for one whose popular success is rooted in the same period through her appearances in The House of Eliott.
- He walks with his shoulders hunched awkwardly, like a 12-year-old who thinks he'll become invisible if he wills himself to be.
- But that surely rebounds awkwardly on the executives doing the recruiting.
- Its first act is far too diffuse, and Martha's third-act revelation awkwardly sudden.
- Many are handwritten or awkwardly typed.
- A young South African schoolteacher stands somewhat awkwardly before his students to introduce a film.