Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a graceless manner.
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- adverb In a
graceless manner
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- adverb in a graceless manner
- adverb without grace; rigidly
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Examples
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Eiger: Interesting to see Wayne Barnes over at The Australian banging on about how Mortlock was "gracelessly" dropped from the captaincy, without benefit of getting a phone call from Deans first.
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I think it's about a group of people who have discovered that, by fuming and blustering about anything other than details, they can mutilate the crown jewel of American democracy -- fair, public, partisan debate -- until left versus right devolves gracelessly into fact versus fiction.
Daniel Cluchey: The Price of Tea Daniel Cluchey 2010
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All summer I watched her move gracelessly from the television to the refrigerator, her skin winter-white, her eyes dull as old stones.
Diversion Meg Wolitzer 2011
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D'Amico's son Chris (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), gracelessly joining the fray as Red Mist, hurts himself as he tries to heroically jump from a dumpster.
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I think it's about a group of people who have discovered that, by fuming and blustering about anything other than details, they can mutilate the crown jewel of American democracy -- fair, public, partisan debate -- until left versus right devolves gracelessly into fact versus fiction.
Daniel Cluchey: The Price of Tea Daniel Cluchey 2010
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I think it's about a group of people who have discovered that, by fuming and blustering about anything other than details, they can mutilate the crown jewel of American democracy -- fair, public, partisan debate -- until left versus right devolves gracelessly into fact versus fiction.
Daniel Cluchey: The Price of Tea Daniel Cluchey 2010
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Pierce stubbornly refuses to back down and gracelessly stamps home his opinion, leaving Lumley no room for self-respect unless she slaps him down.
Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Lombardi" Scores A Field Goal; "La Bete" Better For Actors Michael Giltz 2010
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I think it's about a group of people who have discovered that, by fuming and blustering about anything other than details, they can mutilate the crown jewel of American democracy -- fair, public, partisan debate -- until left versus right devolves gracelessly into fact versus fiction.
Daniel Cluchey: The Price of Tea Daniel Cluchey 2010
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Pierce stubbornly refuses to back down and gracelessly stamps home his opinion, leaving Lumley no room for self-respect unless she slaps him down.
Michael Giltz: Theater Reviews: "Lombardi" Scores A Field Goal; "La Bete" Better For Actors Michael Giltz 2010
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I think it's about a group of people who have discovered that, by fuming and blustering about anything other than details, they can mutilate the crown jewel of American democracy -- fair, public, partisan debate -- until left versus right devolves gracelessly into fact versus fiction.
Daniel Cluchey: The Price of Tea Daniel Cluchey 2010
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