Inelegantly

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In an inelegant manner.

    "Seianus lay inelegantly on his couch because of his bulk."

Adverb
  1. 1
    without elegance wordnet

Synonyms

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ass backwardsclumsilygrosslyimproperlyroughlyunseemly

Example

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"Seianus lay inelegantly on his couch because of his bulk."

Etymology

From inelegant + -ly.

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