Pronunciations (3)
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/ˈɔːknəs/
Pronunciation notes
- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɔknəs/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
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/ˈɑknəs/
Pronunciation notes
- General-American
Noun
wrongness (awkwardness, sinfulness, or ineptitude).
Usage- Obsolete
- Rare
- Uncountable
- Examples
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[…]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[…]
More examples (1)
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[…]