gracelessly

2 definitions found

gracelessly - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.

gracelessly - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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