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INELEGANTLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does inelegantly mean?
• INELEGANTLY (adverb)
The adverb INELEGANTLY has 1 sense:
1. without elegance
Familiarity information: INELEGANTLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without elegance
Antonym:
elegantly (with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner)
Pertainym:
inelegant (lacking in refinement or grace or good taste)
Context examples
You know it's impossible for people to make themselves love other people if they don't, cried Jo inelegantly but remorsefully, as she softly patted his shoulder, remembering the time when he had comforted her so long ago.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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