inelegantly

ADVERB

awkwardly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clumsily stiffly

WEAK

bunglingly carelessly fumblingly gawkily gracelessly ineptly lumberingly unadroitly uncouthly ungracefully unskillfully with difficulty

Antonyms

WEAK

adroitly gracefully skillfully

Example Sentences

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Inelegantly do I say? you should have seen the sweet imp as I remember her.

From Tono Bungay by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Inelegantly rendered by Creech, The roughest sea puts on smooth looks, and SMILES.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac