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单词 awkwardly
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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
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