D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Awk

/(a̤k)/ · IPA /ɔːk/
01 a. Odd; out of order; perverse.
  1. 1.
    Odd; out of order; perverse.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end).[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward.[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
02 adv. Perversely; in the wrong way.
  1. 1.
    Perversely; in the wrong way.