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awky

awky adjective: awkward.

Adjective

awky (comparative more awky, superlative most awky)

  1. (slang) Awkward.
    • Funny, you know, I feel a bit awky with Fat just now. Can't tell if he's looking me in the face because my eyes are on the ground, but I bet he isn't.2011, Tim Winton, That Eye, the Sky
    • She stood for a bit longer until it got awky for me, an' I finally did an eye thing at her, meanin' GO!2013, P. D. Skelton, Renascence: A Story of Christianity in an Atheistic Future, page 42

Forms of awky

comparativemore awky
superlativemost awky

Origin of awky

From awkward + -y.

Questions about awky

What does awky mean?
Awky means awkward.
What part of speech is awky?
Awky is an adjective.

Words near awky in the dictionary

  1. awkwardness
  2. awkwardnesses
  3. awkwardnessful
  4. awkwards
  5. awkweird
  6. awky
  7. awl
  8. awl-flies
  9. awl-fly
  10. awlbill
  11. awlbills

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