Bear sat awkwardly alongside (7)
I believe the answer is:
abreast
'alongside' is the definition.
(abreast means side by side or at the side of)
'bear sat awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' indicates an anagram.
'bear'+'sat'='bearsat'
'bearsat' is an anagram of 'ABREAST'.
(Other definitions for abreast that I've seen before include "Level or keeping pace with" , "Familiar" , "Alongside one another and facing the same way" , "On a level together" , "to be up to date" .)