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Definition of Graceless
1. Adjective. Lacking graciousness. "A totally graceless hostess"
2. Adjective. Lacking grace; clumsy. "His stature low...his bearing ungraceful"
3. Adjective. Lacking social polish. "Their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"
Definition of Graceless
1. a. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt.
Definition of Graceless
1. Adjective. without grace ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Graceless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Graceless
Literary usage of Graceless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Joseph Bellamy by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1850)
"The other point which I designed to prove was this: that there is no graceless
covenant between God and man existing ; that is, no covenant in which Qod ..."
2. The Works of Joseph Bellamy, D.D., First Pastor of the Church in Bethlem, Conn. by Joseph Bellamy, Tryon Edwards (1853)
"And Mr. M. in his preface seems as if he intended to give up this point also;
for he calls this graceless covenant " a graceless phantom ; " which is really ..."
3. The Life of Ludwig Van Beethoven by Alexander Wheelock Thayer (1921)
"Chapter IX Karl van Beethoven—A Wayward Ward and an Unwise Guardian—Beethoven
and His Nephew—An Ill-advised Foster-father and a graceless, ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"SHE'S LEFT HER HOME, THE graceless GIRL ! " AN hour or so before this talk between
Geraldine and Marion, a panting, alarmed little fugitive was getting out ..."
5. The Wits and Beaux of Society by A. T. Thomson, Philip Wharton (1871)
"A Shrewd but graceless Oxonian.—Duns Outwitted.—The Lawyer Jockeyed.—Adventures
with Bailiffs.—Sheridan's Powers of Persuasion.—House of Commons Greek. ..."
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