Land in water lies awkwardly (4)
I believe the answer is:
isle
'land in water' is the definition.
(an isle is a bit of land surrounded by water)
'lies awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' is an anagram indicator.
'lies' is an anagram of 'ISLE'.
(Other definitions for isle that I've seen before include "eg Man, Wight" , "Lilliput, say" , "Piece of land in water" , "being impossible without water" , "Wight or Man, say" .)