Obs. [f. AWK a. + -LY1: identical with the OE. avu[h]líc (see AWK), but apparently formed afresh in 16th c.] Untoward, perverse.
[c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Matt. Prol. 2. Perversa contentio (glossed) wiðirword vel flitta vel afvlic ʓeflit.]
1556. Abp. Parker, Ps. xxxvi. 2. So wilfull he goes in hys awkly deuyse.
