The silent falling of the snow is to me one of the most —— things in nature.


AWKWARD ([page 70]).

QUESTIONS.

1. What is the derivation and original meaning of awkward? of clumsy? 2. To what, therefore, does awkward primarily refer? and to what clumsy? 3. Is[404] a draft-horse distinctively awkward or clumsy? 4. Give some metaphorical uses of awkward.

EXAMPLES.

Though he was ——, he was kindly.

The apprentice was not only ——, but ——, and had to be taught over and over again the same methods.

The young girl stood in a —— way, looking in at the showy shop-windows.