Awkward

(adj.) socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner; 'awkward and reserved at parties'; 'ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know'; 'was always uneasy with strangers' .

(adj.) causing inconvenience; 'they arrived at an awkward time' .

(adj.) hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; 'awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion'; 'an awkward pause followed his remark'; 'a sticky question'; 'in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign' .

(adj.) not elegant or graceful in expression; 'an awkward prose style'; 'a clumsy apology'; 'his cumbersome writing style'; 'if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?' .

(adj.) lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance; 'an awkward dancer'; 'an awkward gesture'; 'too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes'; 'his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot' .

(adj.) difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape; 'an awkward bundle to carry'; 'a load of bunglesome paraphernalia'; 'clumsy wooden shoes'; 'the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl' .

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• Had you been rustic, clownish, awkward, I should have been content. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Their situation was awkward enough; but _hers_ she thought was still worse. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• I see you are accustomed to wearing kid gloves--but some gentlemen are so awkward about putting them on. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I only know he is a very foolish vain fellow, and put my dear little girl into a very painful and awkward position last night. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• As for his own inadequate English, he was much too awkward to try it at all. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Criminology (to use an awkward word) is finding a human center. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• I felt I was so awkward, she replied, that I made up my mind to be improved in that respect at all events and to learn to dance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• What made you sit in such an awkward position? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Fred felt an awkward movement of the heart; he had not thought of desk-work; but he was in a resolute mood, and not going to shrink. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Don't cry, he said, awkward not only from the load. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It was an awkward corner. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It is an awkward meeting, said she; but such is my fortune. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• He falters an awkward excuse or two for his failure. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I have advised a prodigious number of clients, and have dealt with some exceedingly awkward difficulties, in my time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I gave them an undertaking on which they sent down your discharge; it's very awkward, my dear Sir; what will you do? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• He seems a very silent, awkward, bashful lad, said Miss Crawley to Mr. Pitt. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It may have been the fault of the circumstances, which were awkward at the very least. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• It is always awkward doing business with an alias. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• I am only at an awkward turning. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Awkward enough, I'm sure. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• I fearI am an awkward fool: I must manage badly in some way, for where I wish to please, it seems I don't please. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• She is much annoyed at her awkward position. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I think, sir,' said Mortimer, breaking the awkward silence with his airy self-possession, 'that you did me the honour to mention my name? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Everyone appeared to feel that a parting of that sort was an awkward thing, and that the nearer it approached, the more awkward it was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• For instance, consider how few and comparatively awkward were the mechanical means before this century. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• She gave him a low, grave bow when he left, and he felt more awkward and self-conscious in every limb than he had ever done in all his life before. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Emma said it would be awkward; Mrs. Weston was in distress about the supper; and Mr. Woodhouse opposed it earnestly, on the score of health. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He could not well negotiate the trees with his awkward burden, but he kept to the trails, and so made fairly good time. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It was a very awkward moment; and the countenance of each shewed that it was so. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Irritable he was; one heard thatas he apostrophized with vehemence the awkward squad under his orders. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

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