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              "mean": "(obsolete) In a backwards direction.\n1470–1485 (date produced)​,  Thomas Malory,  “Capitulum X”, in  , book V,   by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur , London: David Nutt, , 1889, →OCLC::\nThan groned the knyght for his grymme woundis, and gyrdis to Sir Gawayne and awkewarde hym strykes, and    kut thorow a vayne ."
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              "mean": "Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments.\nJohn was awkward at performing the trick. He'll have to practice to improve.\nSynonyms: clumsy, lubberly, ungraceful, unhandy\nAntonyms: dexterous, gainly, graceful, handy, skillful"
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              "mean": "Perverse; adverse; difficult to handle.\nHe's a right awkward chap.\nThese cabinets are going to be very awkward when we move.\n2020 August 26,  Andrew Mourant,  “Reinforced against future flooding”, in  Rail, page 61:Clearing up rock and fallen vegetation at such an awkward site required a team of specialist geoengineers."
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              "mean": "Someone or something that is awkward.\n1912,  Eliza Ripley,  Social Life in Old New Orleans, Being Recollections of My Girlhood, New York, N.Y.; London: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:Another important branch of deportment was to seat the awkwards stiffly on the extreme edge of a chair, fold the hands on the very precarious lap, droop the eyes in a pensive way.\n1998,  Leo Marks,  Between Silk and Cyanide: The Story of SOE's Code War, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN:'What periods are you talking about?' / 'The monthly awkwards. Didn't the girls at Molyneux have them when you were managing director?' / The Rabbit leaned forward, sniffing the air in the immediate vicinity. 'Either you've been drinking or you've got some girl into trouble. Or am I being unfair to you and it's both?'\n2014,  Grace Helbig,  Grace's Guide: The Art of Pretending to Be a Grown-up, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone Books, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 76:That is a way to make awkwards. And it's not fun to hang out with awkwards more than once."
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