awkwardly

1. 1.

   in an awkward manner

   “he bent awkwardly”

Questions about awkwardly

What does awkwardly mean?

awkwardly means "in an awkward manner".

How many syllables are in awkwardly?

awkwardly has 3 syllables: aw-kward-ly. The stress falls on "aw". In IPA it is /ˈɔkwɚdli/.

Is awkwardly a common word?

awkwardly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.