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as in clumsily
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as in ungracefully
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Recent Examples of awkwardly
Cox, entering the game, just stood there, awkwardly marooned in foul territory.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
His standing leg is bent awkwardly beneath him, his striking leg fully extended and his body rotating.
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Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
When hopelessly romantic Penny awkwardly meets dazzling musician Bianca at a supermarket, sparks fly — and so does Penny’s composure.
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Sarah Kate Ellis,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Before kickoffs at this World Cup, the television broadcast has shown who is on the VAR team for the match by cutting to a remote studio where three officials stand and sit awkwardly in front of their replay monitors.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Big brown cows lounge in the grass as Avtan and Paz trudge up to a metal fence and smile awkwardly.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
The show struggles with tonal consistency, too, awkwardly straddling the genres of revenge epic, dark comedy and domestic drama.
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Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
Yet this sits awkwardly alongside new restrictions on movement by the co-host United States.
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Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
10 June 2026
Images from his past are spliced together abruptly and rather awkwardly, an apt representation of the way his trauma continues to torment him.
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Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
21 June 2026
His standing leg is bent awkwardly beneath him, his striking leg fully extended and his body rotating.
—
Amelie Claydon,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
When hopelessly romantic Penny awkwardly meets dazzling musician Bianca at a supermarket, sparks fly — and so does Penny’s composure.
—
Sarah Kate Ellis,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Before kickoffs at this World Cup, the television broadcast has shown who is on the VAR team for the match by cutting to a remote studio where three officials stand and sit awkwardly in front of their replay monitors.
—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
16 June 2026
Big brown cows lounge in the grass as Avtan and Paz trudge up to a metal fence and smile awkwardly.
—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
15 June 2026
The show struggles with tonal consistency, too, awkwardly straddling the genres of revenge epic, dark comedy and domestic drama.
—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
Yet this sits awkwardly alongside new restrictions on movement by the co-host United States.
—
Yinka Adegoke,
semafor.com,
10 June 2026
Images from his past are spliced together abruptly and rather awkwardly, an apt representation of the way his trauma continues to torment him.
—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awkwardly
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The men’s styles collide clumsily with Nashville’s party people, who are at least a decade younger and many drinks deeper.
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In the Connecticut cases, as well as hundreds of similar cases around the country, the lawyers used software that produced what appeared to be somewhat clumsily written but otherwise solid legal briefs.
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Summer is peak tick season, and unfortunately, ticks can spread diseases, like Lyme.
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And that consequence, unfortunately, will be borne by those who actually are influenced by it.
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The collapse of the Constitution’s balance of powers between three branches of government got us into an unneeded war conducted ineptly.
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Dancing the Poznan really ineptly, mind you, but dancing nonetheless.
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“Awkwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awkwardly. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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