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  • English Word Awkly Definition Awkwardly.
  • English Word Awkward Definition Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.
  • English Word Awkward Definition Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.
  • English Word Awkward Definition Perverse; adverse; untoward.
  • English Word Awl Definition A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
  • English Word Awl-shaped Definition Shaped like an awl.
  • English Word Awl-shaped Definition Subulate. See Subulate.
  • English Word Awless Definition Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear.
  • English Word Awless Definition Inspiring no awe.
  • English Word Awlessness Definition The quality of being awless.
  • English Word Awlwort Definition A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.
  • English Word Awm Definition See Aam.
  • English Word Awn Definition The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
  • English Word Awned Definition Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded.
  • English Word Awning Definition A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
  • English Word Awning Definition That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
  • English Word Awninged Definition Furnished with an awning.
  • English Word Awnless Definition Without awns or beard.
  • English Word Awny Definition Having awns; bearded.
  • English Word Awoke Definition of Awake
  • English Word Awoke Definition of Awake
  • English Word Awoken Definition of Awake
  • English Word Awork Definition At work; in action.
  • English Word Aworking Definition At work; in action.
  • English Word Awreak Definition Alt. of Awreke
  • English Word Awreke Definition To avenge. [Obs.] See Wreak.
  • English Word Awrong Definition Wrongly.
  • English Word Awry Definition Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry.
  • English Word Awry Definition Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
  • English Word Awsome Definition Same as Awesome.