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ungracefully
adjective
uk /ˌʌnˈɡreɪs.fəl.i/ us /ˌʌnˈɡreɪs.fəl.i/
ungracefullyadjective (MOVEMENT)
in a way that is not smooth, relaxed, or attractive:
He slipped on the tiled floor, and fell ungracefully.
I had to walk ungracefully down three flights of stairs in my high heels.
I leapt ungracefully off the diving board and into the pool.
They came back to the house, ungracefully carrying the wood between them.
Spread out rather ungracefully on the sofa was a young man with wild hair.
She rather ungracefully choked on the tea.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
blunder
bumble
dodder
dodderer
doddery
favour
halting
hobble
inflexibly
limp
lollop
lumber
lumpily
stumblingly
teeter
toddle
toil
totter
trundle
tumble
ungracefullyadjective (BEHAVIOUR)
in a way that is not polite or pleasant:
He gave in ungracefully when he realised that he could not win.
She declined my invitation rather ungracefully.
He stared at her ungracefully.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Rude and cheeky
backchat
cheekily
cheekiness
cheeky
churlishly
churlishness
coarse-grained
fruity
gall
indelicate
obnoxiously
obnoxiousness
offensively
offensiveness
pertly
sass
scatological
unceremonious
unpleasant
unprintable
Opposite
gracefully
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