Man perhaps lies awkwardly (4)
I believe the answer is:
isle
'man perhaps' is the definition.
(Isle of Man is an example)
'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 "Land cut off by water" , "what Donne implied he wasn't" , "Spot (in ocean)" , "Rum, for example" , "Dogs, say" .)