a. Obs. [f. AWK (perh. in its subst. use) + -Y.] Untoward, difficult, awkward.
1655. Gurnall, Chr. in Arm., v. § 1 (1669), 32/1. It is so awky a business … to recover the activity of grace once lost.
a. Obs. [f. AWK (perh. in its subst. use) + -Y.] Untoward, difficult, awkward.
1655. Gurnall, Chr. in Arm., v. § 1 (1669), 32/1. It is so awky a business … to recover the activity of grace once lost.
