Awkwardness

(noun.) trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape; 'the movers cursed the unwieldiness of the big piano'.

(noun.) the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment).

(noun.) the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant.

(noun.) the quality of an embarrassing situation; 'he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal'.

(noun.) unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training.

录入:玛丽埃塔

• She felt no awkwardness; she had too much the habits of society for that. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• You don't in the least know how to do it; but I'll overlook your awkwardness in consideration of your feelings. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• In his seat he had nothing of the awkwardness of the convent, but displayed the easy and habitual grace of a well-trained horseman. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• The cue was still in my hand, and I went on knocking the balls about, to take off the awkwardness of the thing. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• They hated their inferiors' humility or gratitude or awkwardness. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The good-by was only a part of the awkwardness he felt about the meeting. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• As to your foolishness and awkwardness, my dear Fanny, believe me, you never have a shadow of either, but in using the words so improperly. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• His English habit, pride, awkwardness perhaps, had prevented him from saying more. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• When a conversation has taken a wrong turn for us, we only get farther and farther into the swamp of awkwardness. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Ladislaw felt the awkwardness of asking for more last words. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• My situation, my foolishness and awkwardness. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Awkwardness you mean, Jane. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• They accepted them with native awkwardness. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Nor did his blushes and awkwardness take away from it: she was pleased with these healthy tokens of the young gentleman's ingenuousness. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Many vain solicitudes would be preventedmany awkwardnesses smoothed by it. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.

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