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inelegantly en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English inelegant Middle English -ly English -ly English inelegantly From inelegant + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In an inelegant manner.
    • Seianus lay inelegantly on his couch because of his bulk. 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 84:

Forms

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more inelegantly Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most inelegantly Degree=Sup lexicographic

Translations (3)

el άγαρμπα (in an inelegant manner) · fr inélégamment (in an inelegant manner) · cs neelegantně (in an inelegant manner)