awkwardly Definition

awkward
adj

1. Clumsy and ungraceful.

Thesaurus: inept, unskilful, uncoordinated, clumsy, blundering, bungling, maladroit.
2. Embarrassed or embarrassing.

Example: an awkward moment
Thesaurus: gawky, graceless, ungainly, embarrassed, gauche; ill at ease, uncomfortable, touchy.
3. Difficult and dangerous.

Example: Careful, it's an awkward turning
4. Difficult or inconvenient to deal with.

Example: an awkward customer
Thesaurus: inconvenient, inopportune, difficult, disobliging, thorny, intractable, troublesome, uncomfortable, unsettling.

Derivative: awkwardly
adverb

Derivative: awkwardness
noun

Idiom: the awkward age (that awkward age)

Early adolescence.

Etymology: 14c, meaning ‘turned the wrong way': from Norse ofugr turned the wrong way + -ward.