inelegantly.

Without graceful simplicity, refinement or economical skill.

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Words that belong together

• inelegantly phrase
• inelegantly arrange

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The point was inelegantly phrased but remained important.

The parts were inelegantly arranged, making the route difficult to follow.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Invariable adverb; use more or most only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: style analysis, interpretation, characterization, rhetorical contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common.