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English Dictionary: gracelessness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for gracelessness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gracelessness n an unpleasant lack of grace in carriage or form or movement or expression Synonym(s): gracelessness, ungracefulness the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment) Synonym(s): awkwardness, clumsiness, gracelessness, stiffness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Graceless \Grace"less\, a. 1. Wanting in grace or excellence; departed from, or deprived of, divine grace; hence, depraved; corrupt. [bd]In a graceless age.[b8] --Milton. 2. Unfortunate. Cf. {Grace}, n., 4. [Obs.] --Chaucer. -- {Grace"less*ly}, adv. -- {Grace"less-ness}, n.