Gracelessly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a graceless manner

    "The French, in his whole language, hath not one word that hath his accent in the last syllable, saving two, called antepenultima; and little more, hath the Spanish, and therefore very gracelessly may they use dactiles."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a graceless manner wordnet
  2. 2
    without grace; rigidly wordnet

Synonyms

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ass backwardsclumsilyungracefullyungracefullyungraciouslywoodenly

Example

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"The French, in his whole language, hath not one word that hath his accent in the last syllable, saving two, called antepenultima; and little more, hath the Spanish, and therefore very gracelessly may they use dactiles."

Etymology

From Middle English gracelessly; equivalent to graceless + -ly.

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