awkward (root-meaning ‘turned in a wrong direction’; 2 not pre-S.)
1.
perverse
H5 II. iv. 85
“no sinister nor no
claim.”
2.
untoward,
unfavourable, adverse
2H6 III. ii. 83
“by awkward wind . . .
Drove back,”
Per. V. i. 94.
3.
uncouth, ungainly
Troil. I. iii. 149
“ridiculous and awkward
action.”
