awkwardly

awkwardly
adverb
1) (badly) ungünstig [geformt, angebracht]
2) (clumsily) ungeschickt, unbeholfen [gehen, sich ausdrücken]; ungeschickt, unglücklich [fallen, sich ausdrücken]
3) (embarrassingly) peinlicherweise
4) (unfavourably) ungünstig [gelegen]
* * *
adverb ungeschickt
* * *
awk·ward·ly
[ˈɔ:kwədli, AM ˈɑ:kwɚdli]
adv
1. (inconveniently) ungünstig, unpassend
\awkwardly timed zu einem ungünstigen Zeitpunkt
\awkwardly placed an einem ungünstigen Ort
2. (feeling embarrassed) verlegen, betreten
3. (clumsily) unbeholfen, ungeschickt; (inelegantly) linkisch pej
to fall \awkwardly unglücklich hinfallen
4. (unskilfully) ungeschickt
5. BRIT (contrarily) eigensinnig
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['ɔːkwədlɪ]
adv
1) (= clumsily) fall, move, express oneself, translate ungeschickt; lie unbequem; hang merkwürdig

awkwardly placed — an einem ungünstigen Ort

awkwardly timed — zu einer ungünstigen Zeit

2) (= embarrassingly) peinlich
3) (= embarrassedly) verlegen; (= shamefacedly) betreten
4) (= clumsily) unbeholfen
* * *
adverb
1) (badly) ungünstig [geformt, angebracht]
2) (clumsily) ungeschickt, unbeholfen [gehen, sich ausdrücken]; ungeschickt, unglücklich [fallen, sich ausdrücken]
3) (embarrassingly) peinlicherweise
4) (unfavourably) ungünstig [gelegen]
* * *
adv.
ungeschickt adv.

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