Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gracelessly"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. Unfortunate. Cf. {Grace}, n., 4. [Obs.] --Chaucer. --
{Grace"less*ly}, adv. -- {Grace"less-ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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}]
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