Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for AWK'WARD
AWK'WARD, a. [awk and ward.]
- Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands or of instruments; unready; not dextrous; bungling; untoward. – Dryden.
- Inelegant; unpolite; ungraceful in manners; clumsy; unnatural; bad. – Shak.
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