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aukwardly

aukwardly is the obsolete form of awkwardly.

Meaning of awkwardly

Adverb

awkwardly (comparative more awkwardly, superlative most awkwardly)

  1. In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
    • A poorly finished trunk has an awkwardly high liftover and no useful handhold on its lid.2007 December 23, Lawrence Ulrich, “Same Small-Car Stew, Stirred and Reheated”, in The New York Times

Forms of aukwardly

comparativemore aukwardly
superlativemost aukwardly

Origin of aukwardly

From aukward + -ly.

Questions about aukwardly

What is aukwardly the obsolete form of?
Aukwardly is the obsolete form of awkwardly.

Words near aukwardly in the dictionary

  1. auklets
  2. auks
  3. auksinas
  4. AUKUS
  5. aukward
  6. aukwardly
  7. aukwardness
  8. aukwardnesses
  9. Aukšt.
  10. Aukštaitian
  11. Aukštaitians

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aukwardly (page history and authors); awkwardly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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