inartistically
Americanadverb
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His theories are not only inartistically prominent, but are worthless and immoral.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Bayard Tuckerman
It was this thoroughness, this absolute fairness, that made of his work and of his inartistically constructed books the tremendous and lasting success which they were.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
But the Fohn did not materialise; in the walnut and chestnut forest around them not a leaf stirred; and gradually the mountains cleared, became inartistically distinct, and turned a beautiful but disturbing dark-blue colour.
From In Secret by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
In consequence, as sketch No 28 hints, a head seen from the side frequently appears, if not idiotically, very inartistically, proportioned.
From What Dress Makes of Us by Dorothy Quigley
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