Usually means: In a clumsy or uncomfortable manner.
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  1. awkwardly: Merriam-Webster
  2. awkwardly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. awkwardly: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. awkwardly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. awkwardly: Wiktionary
  8. awkwardly: Dictionary.com
  9. awkwardly: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. awkwardly: Rhymezone
  11. awkwardly: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. awkwardly: FreeDictionary.org
  13. awkwardly: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ adverb:  In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.

Similar:
aukwardly, awkly, uncomfortably, ungainfully, uneasily, discomfortably, uncommodiously, clumsily, unbecomingly, loobily, more...

Opposite:
gracefully, smoothly, elegantly, fluidly

Types:
clumsily, bunglingly, ineptly, gauchely, more...

Phrases:
to laugh awkwardly, move awkwardly, said awkwardly, smile awkwardly, walk awkwardly, more...

Colors:
    beige,     mauve,     chartreuse,     puce,     taupe, more...



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Similar:
aukwardly, awkly, uncomfortably, ungainfully, uneasily, discomfortably, uncommodiously, clumsily, unbecomingly, loobily, more...

Opposite:
gracefully, smoothly, elegantly, fluidly

Types:
clumsily, bunglingly, ineptly, gauchely, more...

Phrases:
to laugh awkwardly, move awkwardly, said awkwardly, smile awkwardly, walk awkwardly, say awkwardly, laughs awkwardly, awkwardly set, stand awkwardly, awkwardly joke, talking awkwardly, awkwardly casual, more...

Colors:
    beige,     mauve,     chartreuse,     puce,     taupe, more...



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