Awkward Definition

ôkwərd

adjective

awkwarder, awkwardest

Not graceful; ungainly.

American Heritage

Not having grace or skill; clumsy, as in form or movement; bungling.

An awkward dancer, an awkward style.

Webster's New World

Not dexterous; clumsy.

American Heritage

Inconvenient to use; hard to handle; unwieldy.

An awkward tool.

Webster's New World

Clumsily or unskillfully performed.

The opera was marred by an awkward aria.

American Heritage

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adverb

(obsolete) In a backwards direction.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Awkward

Base Form:

awkward

Comparative:

awkwarder

Superlative:

awkwardest

Middle English awkeward in the wrong way awke wrong (from Old Norse öfugr backward apo- in Indo-European roots) -ward -ward

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From awk (“odd, clumsy”) +‎ -ward.

From Wiktionary