aukwardness

English

Etymology

aukward +‎ -ness

Noun

aukwardness (countable and uncountable, plural aukwardnesses)

1. Obsolete form of awkwardness.
   • 1811, [Jane Austen], chapter XVII, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume I, London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 220:

     I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural aukwardness.