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Russian
Etymology
нело́вкий (nelóvkij) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
нело́вкость • (nelóvkostʹ) f inan (genitive нело́вкости, nominative plural нело́вкости, genitive plural нело́вкостей)
- awkwardness
1860, Иван Тургенев , “IV”, in Первая любовь; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., First Love, 1897:Я ещё раз поклони́лся, поверну́лся и вы́шел из ко́мнаты с тем чу́вством нело́вкости в спине́, кото́рое ощуща́ет о́чень молодо́й челове́к, когда́ он зна́ет, что ему́ глядя́т вслед.- Ja ješčó raz poklonílsja, povernúlsja i výšel iz kómnaty s tem čúvstvom nelóvkosti v spiné, kotóroje oščuščájet óčenʹ molodój čelovék, kogdá on znájet, što jemú gljadját vsled.
- I bowed once more, turned, and went out of the room with that sensation of awkwardness in my spine which a very young man feels when he knows he is being looked at from behind.
- clumsiness
- discomfort (especially emotional)
Declension