inelegantly
adverb uk/ɪˈnel.ɪ.ɡənt.li/ us/ˌɪnˈel.ə.ɡənt.li/
不雅地;粗俗地
in a way that is not attractive, especially because of being awkward in movement or manner
I turned to see her sprawled inelegantly on the floor. 我转过身去,看到她不优雅地瘫躺在地板上。
He plunged inelegantly into the pool. 他毫不优雅地跳进了游泳池。
粗糙地;不雅地;不礼貌地
in a way that is not skilful or polite in dealing with or expressing something
She quickly and inelegantly changed the subject. 她迅速而不讲究礼貌地改变了话题。
There's been some sort of a - to put it inelegantly - massive screw-up. 出事了,说得难听一点,是全搞砸了!
See: inelegant
- More examples
- The stool I sat on wobbled and I had to fling out a leg inelegantly to regain my balance.
- We inelegantly rode our sinking craft in on the surf and dragged it up the beach.
- She was rather inelegantly known as "the sausage heiress".
- He managed to let everyone know he was a former champion by inelegantly forcing it into the conversation.