ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Awkness

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈɔːknəs/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Awkness is a noun meaning (obsolete, rare) wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude).

Meaning

(obsolete, rare) wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude).

Example Sentences

So much flesh as is left in a saint, so much awkness and unwillingness to come to God's foot[…]
[…]but the ſkilfull can woꝛke much vpon little, and by his cunning ouercome the awkneſſe of his ſtuffe:
The Great Enemies of all Good, Fleſh, Satan, and World, do of all other things, moſt oppose Meditation which ſhowes that there is much Good in it. Fleſh, by Awkness, Giddiness; World, by Diſtractions[…]

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include iniquitie, worseness, left-handiness, rightwiseness, wardeness, anormality.

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