Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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awkwardness | Yes | No | No | No |
posture | Yes | No | Yes | No |
awkwardness (noun) | posture (noun) |
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the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant | the arrangement of the body and its limbs |
the quality of an embarrassing situation | characteristic way of bearing one's body |
trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape | capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war |
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) | a rationalized mental attitude |
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training |
awkwardness (verb) | posture (verb) |
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assume a posture as for artistic purposes | |
behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others |