awkwardly
adverb (WITH EMBARRASSMENT) /ˈɔː.kwəd.li/
/ˈɑː.kwɚd-/ Definition
› in a worried or embarrassed way: He shifted awkwardly from one foot to the other.Ashamed and embarrassedAnxious and worried › in an embarrassing or worrying way, or a way that causes problems: The publication of the economic statistics was awkwardly timed for the government.Anxious and worriedAshamed and embarrassed
(Definition of awkwardly adverb (WITH EMBARRASSMENT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abashed adjective
- ashamed adjective
- awkward adjective (EMBARRASSING)
- egg on sb's face idiom
- embarrassed adjective
- embarrassment noun
- hangdog adjective
- meet sb's eye idiom
- mortification noun
- mortified adjective
- mortifying adjective
- not know where to put yourself idiom
- not look sb in the eye/face idiom
- shamefaced adjective
- sheepish adjective
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Ashamed and embarrassed
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