Awkward, 1) perverse, unbecoming: “'tis no sinister nor no a. claim,” H5 II, 4, 85. “with ridiculous and a. action he pageants us,” Troil. I, 3, 149.
2) adverse: “by a. wind from England's bank drove back again,” H6B III, 2, 83. “and to the world and a. casualties bound me in servitude,” Per. V, 1, 94.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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