Gracelessly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Graceless \Grace"less\, a.
     1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived
        of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. "In a
        graceless age." --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. Unfortunate. Cf. {Grace}, n., 4. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
        {Grace"less*ly}, adv. -- {Grace"less*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gracelessly
       adv 1: without grace; rigidly; "they moved woodenly" [syn: {ungraciously},
               {ungracefully}, {woodenly}, {without graciousness}]
              [ant: {graciously}, {graciously}]
       2: in a graceless manner; "she moves rather gracelessly" [ant:
          {gracefully}]