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Meaning of awkness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɔːknəs

Definitions

wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude).

obsolete, rare, uncountable

Examples

“[…]but the ſkilfull can woꝛke much vpon little, and by his cunning ouercome the awkneſſe of his ſtuffe:”
“So much flesh as is left in a saint, so much awkness and unwillingness to come to God's foot[…]”
“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[…]”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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