inartistically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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This, in some cases, may lead him to make of a somewhat inartistically designed jewel a beautifully proportioned one.
From Shakespeare and Precious Stones Treating of the Known References of Precious Stones in Shakespeare's Works, with Comments as to the Origin of His Material, the Knowledge of the Poet Concerning Precious Stones, and References as to Where the Precious Stones of His Time Came from by Kunz, George Frederick
Hartmann is not treating this character inartistically, as a mere instrument for religious culture.
From Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature by McLaughlin, Edward Tompkins
The letter was evidently in a feminine hand; but the characters were rudely and inartistically formed, while every here and there a heavy down-stroke or flourish marred the beauty of the page.
From Dead Man's Rock by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
The great San Mateo valley looked like a close forest of ancient oaks broken inartistically by the roofs of houses shorn of their chimneys.
From The Sisters-In-Law by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn
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 Fitzgerald, Percy Hethrington
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