Awkward /(a̤k"weẽrd)/

Awk·ward

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.
  2. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
    A long and awkward process.
    An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust.
    — C. J. Smith.
  3. Perverse; adverse; untoward. [Obs.]
    O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel.
    — Udall.