Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without weight; light.
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- adjective Lacking
poise ;ungraceful .
Etymologies
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poise + -less
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Examples
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And while I watch a video on her website in which she appears as the epitome of grace and poise, her reaction to being published again, after a gap of 10 years, is quite winningly graceless and poiseless.
Polly Samson: 'Don't call me Mrs Gilmour' Carole Cadwalladr 2010
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And while I watch a video on her website in which she appears as the epitome of grace and poise, her reaction to being published again, after a gap of 10 years, is quite winningly graceless and poiseless.
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