Get to know Awkwardly better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Awkwardly meaning
In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
Using Awkwardly
- The main meaning on this page is: In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
- In the example corpus, awkwardly often appears in combinations such as: awkwardly on, awkwardly in, landed awkwardly.
Context around Awkwardly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Awkwardly
- In this selection, "awkwardly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, landing, spotted, staff, chatting, strikes and campaigning stand out and add context to how "awkwardly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after falling awkwardly in a and after landing awkwardly before he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "awkwardly" sits close to words such as acosta, afar and anterior, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with awkwardly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Madonna famously – and awkwardly – dated the late “King of Pop”. (10 words)
MJF landed awkwardly on his knee and sold an injury. (10 words)
Biden awkwardly left the interview before Wallace seemed to be finished speaking. (12 words)
As I lay on a copper bed with my head awkwardly resting on a green onyx pillow, I prayed – not for transcendence, but that no one would sneakily take my picture and post it on social media. (37 words)
A member of Baltimore’s PR staff awkwardly cut off WJZ’s Alex Glaze at one point just because the reporter mentioned Jackson, even though the question was a valid one about the draft. (34 words)
Arteta substituted goalscorer Leandro Trossard and the excellent Gabriel Martinelli in the 81st minute but left Saka on and seconds later he went down holding his ankle after landing awkwardly before he limped off. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
After a few hours of awkwardly chatting with Astarion, Shadowheart, Wyll, and Lae’zel and fumbling my way through early battles, something quietly clicks.
After she begins dating a wonderful man named Albert (), she awkwardly strikes up a nice friendship with his ex-wife Marianne ().
A Liberal candidate in the election was spotted awkwardly campaigning across the road from his own mother who was urging people to vote for the Greens.
A member of Baltimore’s PR staff awkwardly cut off WJZ’s Alex Glaze at one point just because the reporter mentioned Jackson, even though the question was a valid one about the draft.
Arteta substituted goalscorer Leandro Trossard and the excellent Gabriel Martinelli in the 81st minute but left Saka on and seconds later he went down holding his ankle after landing awkwardly before he limped off.
As I lay on a copper bed with my head awkwardly resting on a green onyx pillow, I prayed – not for transcendence, but that no one would sneakily take my picture and post it on social media.
Biden awkwardly left the interview before Wallace seemed to be finished speaking.
But a slight change to its orbit placed the closer to Mars’ moon Deimos, revealing a possible planetary origin to the awkwardly shaped space rock.
But awkwardly losing their virginity is just the beginning of a new round of will-they or won’t-they drama.
Hart turned the ankle by landing awkwardly after a rebound attempt in Game 1 with 2:12 remaining, when the Cavs took their first lead since the opening quarter.
He pulled up awkwardly at the end of a point late in the second set against the 65th-ranked McDonald.
He was attempting to tackle Bucs running back Rachaad White in the open field but got juked out and had his right leg buckle awkwardly.
In the HBO/BBC sitcom ) awkwardly warns Tom () that she’s on her period – something most people who menstruate say they won’t do but do anyways.
Madonna famously – and awkwardly – dated the late “King of Pop”.
MJF landed awkwardly on his knee and sold an injury.
Nebula awkwardly accepts her hug but pushes away before she can get emotional from it.
Osiah, 16, broke his tibia and fibula in his lower leg after falling awkwardly in a game at Helston Athletic FC in Cornwall.
Rafe hallucinated that Sloan was Duke the bear, so he marveled over the vet doing a great job putting his head back on after decapitation and hugged her awkwardly.
Saint looked to continue with the momentum but James awkwardly dropped Saint on the top turnbuckle to stop Saint in her tracks.
Several people labeled Jamie Lynn “rude” and “bitter” when she awkwardly avoided mentioning her famous sister, but others have theorized that she may be contractually obligated not to speak about Britney.
Common combinations with awkwardly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- awkwardly on 17×
- awkwardly in 12×
- landed awkwardly 10×
- landing awkwardly 8×
- fell awkwardly 7×
- and awkwardly 6×
- awkwardly and 6×
- the awkwardly 5×
- awkwardly at 4×
- falling awkwardly 4×