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inelegantly

inelegantly adverb: in an inelegant manner.

Adverb

inelegantly (comparative more inelegantly, superlative most inelegantly)

  1. In an inelegant manner.
    • Seianus lay inelegantly on his couch because of his bulk.1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 84

Forms of inelegantly

comparativemore inelegantly
superlativemost inelegantly

Origin of inelegantly

From inelegant + -ly.

Questions about inelegantly

What does inelegantly mean?
Inelegantly means in an inelegant manner.
What part of speech is inelegantly?
Inelegantly is an adverb.

Words near inelegantly in the dictionary

  1. inelegance
  2. inelegances
  3. inelegancies
  4. inelegancy
  5. inelegant
  6. inelegantly
  7. inelidable
  8. ineligibilities
  9. ineligibility
  10. ineligible
  11. ineligibleness

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