AWK

a. adv.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

Odd; out of order; perverse. [Obs.]

2.
a.

Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.] Golding.

3.
a.

Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

4.
adv.

Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.

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