awk

1 of 2

adjective

1

obsolete : turned or done the wrong way

2

obsolete : perverse

3

obsolete : awkward, clumsy

awk

2 of 2

adverb

variants or awkly

obsolete

: in the wrong way

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English awke

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