Ungracefully

2 definitions found

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

  Ungraceful \Un*grace"ful\, a.
     Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in
     beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful
     manners; ungraceful speech.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           The other oak remaining a blackened and ungraceful
           trunk.                                   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
     [1913 Webster] -- {Un*grace"ful*ly}, adv. --
     {Un*grace"ful*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ungracefully
       adv : without grace; rigidly; "they moved woodenly" [syn: {ungraciously},
              {gracelessly}, {woodenly}, {without graciousness}]
             [ant: {graciously}, {graciously}]