Citations:awkwardly


 * 1719 — Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe.
 * It is true he went awkwardly in these clothes at first: wearing the drawers was very awkward to him, and the sleeves of the waistcoat galled his shoulders and the inside of his arms; but a little easing them where he complained they hurt him, and using himself to them, he took to them at length very well.


 * 1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
 * In they all came, one after another; some shyly, some boldly, some gracefully, some awkwardly, some pushing, some pulling; in they all came, anyhow and everyhow.


 * 1973 — John Edward Williams, Stoner
 * They rose to their feet, and for several moments the four of them stood awkwardly, not knowing what to say.