If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they are awkward and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
We’re all a bit ~ when we’re young...
She was a rather ~, provincial creature.
= awkward
ADJ
If you describe someone as ~, you mean that they are awkward and uncomfortable in the company of other people.
We’re all a bit ~ when we’re young...
She was a rather ~, provincial creature.
= awkward
ADJ
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012