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Definition of Gracelessly
1. Adverb. Without grace; rigidly. "They moved woodenly"
Partainyms: Graceless, Ungraceful, Wooden
Antonyms: Gracefully, Graciously
2. Adverb. In a graceless manner. "She moves rather gracelessly"
Definition of Gracelessly
1. Adverb. In a graceless manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gracelessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gracelessly
Literary usage of Gracelessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1907)
"Where others dwell on the beauty of cloistered affection, he derides rather
gracelessly the troubles of the married state; and, if these troubles are ..."
2. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1913)
"But we must not gracelessly look a gift horse in the mouth : rather, we would
once more express our gratitude to ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1884)
"... but unmentionable portions of the unhappy, headless female undergoing the
operation, and who has one foot gracelessly resting upon the operator's knee. ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"This was Maginn, the Impudent, frolicsome, versatile hack who took "Maga" by
storm, wrote endlessly, departed gracelessly, and finished his fitful and ..."
5. Literary Friends and Acquaintance: A Personal Retrospect of American Authorship by William Dean Howells (1900)
"... but this was what he did; and when we came to a fence, which I clambered
gracelessly over, he put his hands on the top, and tried to take it at a bound. ..."
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