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inartistically

American  
[in-ahr-tist-ik-lee] / ˌɪn ɑrˈtɪst ɪk li /

adverb

  1. in a way that shows lack of artistic ability or appeal.


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With the exception of the steady glance of the eyes and an occasional hard smile, that seemed out of place upon such a face, the expression was that of stone inartistically cut.

From The Ape, the Idiot & Other People by W. C. Morrow

Sometimes an episode is so inartistically introduced as to be almost clumsy.

From Fielding by Austin Dobson

Suddenly from the Town Square at the foot of the hill rose the sound of a drum not inartistically touched, and both the governor and the captain rose to their feet.

From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin

I also trimmed his whiskers and mustache until they were only about a half-inch long; and tried to do it inartistically, and succeeded.

From A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 6. by Mark Twain

He may have fancied, as his friend Forster also did, that Pickwick was a rather jejune juvenile thing, inartistically planned, and thrown off, or rather rattled off. 

From Pickwickian Manners and Customs by Percy Hethrington Fitzgerald

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