ungraceful
adjective
lacking charm or elegance; awkward.
ungracefully
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a word derived from
ungraceful.
Example Sentences
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But the ferries were aging ungracefully long before that.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 28, 2023
But he stews magnificently, growing old ungracefully, the former hero tragically unable to let go of his ego.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2022
Skepta had a healthy sheen throughout his set, while a couple hundred audience members raged hard and melted ungracefully.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2015
What has befallen him, in the intervening decades, we don’t discover, but he has aged, ungracefully so.
From The New Yorker ● May 25, 2015
It took him a second to sit down on the ground next to me, and he grimaced as he landed rather ungracefully on his ass.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
