awkwardlyadverb
uk/ˈɔː.kwəd.li/us/ˈɑː.kwɚd.li/awkwardly adverb (WITH EMBARRASSMENT)
in a worried or embarrassed way:
He shifted awkwardly from one foot to the other.
in an embarrassing or worrying way, or a way that causes problems:
The publication of the economic statistics was awkwardly timed for the government.
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Ashamed and embarrassed
- abashed
- ashamed
- awkward
- embarrassed
- embarrassment
- have egg on your face idiom
- humble
- know
- look
- look sb in the eye/face idiom
- meet
- meet sb's eye idiom
- mortification
- mortify
- mortifying
- not know where to put yourself idiom
- shamefaced
- sheepish
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Anxious and worried
awkwardly adverb (MOVE)
moving in a way that is not natural, relaxed, or attractive:
She fell awkwardly when she was skiing and twisted her ankle.
He walked awkwardly across the room, aware that they were watching.
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Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- all thumbs idiom
- amateurish
- at your worst idiom
- awkward
- boil
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- have nothing on sb or sth idiom
- have two left feet idiom
- incapacitate
- nerd
- no great shakes idiom
- not have a prayer idiom
- obey
- organize
- paralysed
- prone
- rubbish
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awkwardly adverb (WITH DIFFICULTY)
in a way that is difficult to deal with, use, or do:
The car was parked awkwardly across the pavement.
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Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- another
- arduous
- as much as you can do idiom
- fiendish
- fierce
- formidable
- get blood out of/from a stone idiom
- gruelling
- murky
- picnic
- problematic
- punishing
- rigorous
- schlep
- uphill
- vexed
- wearing
- wearying
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awkwardly adverb (NOT HELPFULLY)
in an intentionally unhelpful way:
He stood there awkwardly, refusing to move.
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Unhelpful and Uncooperative
- awkward
- deterrent
- foot
- it's every man for himself idiom
- man
- obstructionism
- obstructive
- passive-aggressive
- pre-emptive
- stifling
- stultifying
- uncooperative
- under your feet idiom
- unhelpful