What is 2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." Creech. "Untoward manner." Swift called?
untoward — 2. Awkward; ungraceful. "Untoward words." Creech. "Untoward manner." Swift. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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