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▪ I. † ˈawkly, a. Obs.
[f. awk a. + -ly1: identical with the OE. avu[h]líc (see awk), but apparently formed afresh in 16th c.]
Untoward, perverse.
[c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. Prol. 2 Perversa contentio (glossed) wiðirword vel flitta vel afvlic ᵹeflit.] 1556Abp. Parker Ps. xxxvi. 2 So wilfull he goes in hys awkly deuyse.
▪ II. † ˈawkly, adv. Obs.
[f. awk a. + -ly2.]
1. In the wrong direction, in backhanded or lefthanded wise; hence, sinisterly, unluckily.
c1440Promp. Parv. 18 Awkly or wrongly, sinistre. 1564Golding Trogus Pomp. 18 They [the Egyptians] write their letters awkelie [i.e. from right to left]. 1565― Ovid's Met. v. (1593) 109 Beguild as then by birds that aukly flew. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 148 Ignorant and untaught persons many times when fortune presenteth herselfe unto them on the right hand, receive her awkly, turning to the left side. 1639J. Clarke Parœmiol. 7 To doe any thing unluckily, awkley.
2. Perversely, untowardly.
c1440Promp. Parv. 18 Awkely, or wrawely, perverse, contrarie. 1612T. Taylor Comm. Titus ii. 9 Many seruants..cast off all care of pleasing, aukly attempt and performe their businesse as at a wrong end, or with a left hand.
3. In ungainly fashion, clumsily, awkwardly.
1603Sir C. Heydon Jud. Astrol. iii. 120 His Phrase sowndes awkly in mine eares. 1662Fuller Worthies i. 150 For one that undertaketh a thing awkely or ungeenly, Camelus saltat. |