gracelessly

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1. 1

   In a graceless manner

   • The French, in his whole language, hath not one word that hath his accent in the last syllable, saving two, called antepenultima; and little more, hath the Spanish, and therefore very gracelessly may they use dactiles.
   • Barabbas jumped down the eroded slope towards the water and slipped the last few feet gracelessly on his arse.
   • As he finished he heard the footsteps of the woman who daily came to work for him. They were slow, dragging footsteps implying the bulk they gracelessly shifted.

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