awkward: [14] When awkward was coined, in Scotland and northern England, it meant ‘turned in the wrong direction’. Middle English had an adjective awk, which meant ‘the wrong way round, backhanded’, and hence ‘perverse’, and with the addition of the suffix -ward this became awkward. Awk itself was adopted from Old Norse afugr, which is related to German ab ‘away’ and English off. Awkward followed a similar semantic path to awk, via ‘perverse, illadapted’ to ‘clumsy’. => off
awkward (adj.)
mid-14c., "in the wrong direction," from awk "back-handed" + adverbial suffix -weard (see -ward). Meaning "clumsy" first recorded 1520s. Related: Awkwardly. Other formations from awk, none of them surviving, were awky, awkly, awkness.
例文
1. Unfortunately，Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments.
残念なことに、おばあさんはいつも目が覚めるのは時間ではないようです。
2.Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
アレクサンドラは時代遅れの服を着て、ぶよぶよして不器用に見える。
3.I 'm always being told off for being so awkward .
私は不器用で、いつも叱られています。
4.She 's got to an age where she is being awkward .
彼女は付き合いにくい年齢になった。
5.It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.