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gracelessly

gracelessly adverb: in a graceless manner.

Adverb

gracelessly (comparative more gracelessly, superlative most gracelessly)

  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.1595, Philip Sidney, An Apologie for Poetrie
    • Barabbas jumped down the eroded slope towards the water and slipped the last few feet gracelessly on his arse.1965, Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters, New York: Africana Publishing, published 1972, Part One, Chapter 8, p. 116

Forms of gracelessly

comparativemore gracelessly
superlativemost gracelessly

Origin of gracelessly

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

Questions about gracelessly

What does gracelessly mean?
Gracelessly means in a graceless manner.
What part of speech is gracelessly?
Gracelessly is an adverb.

Words near gracelessly in the dictionary

  1. gracefully
  2. gracefulness
  3. gracefulnesses
  4. graceless
  5. gracelesse
  6. gracelessly
  7. gracelessness
  8. gracelessnesses
  9. gracelike
  10. Gracelyn
  11. Gracelynn

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