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† unˈelegant, a. Obs.
[un-1 7 and 5 b.]
= inelegant a.
1570Levins Manip. 26 Vnelegant, inelegans. 1611Florio, Inelegante, vnelegant, without grace. 1666Dryden Ann. Mirab. Pref., I hope they are neither improper nor altogether unelegant in Verse. 1711Spect. No. 67 ⁋18 Concluding..that the Person who collected them is a Man of no unelegant Taste. a1768Secker Serm. (1771) VII. xv. 343 Possibly in some of these Books you meet with Expressions..which appear unelegant and singular.
So † unˈelegantly adv. Obs.
1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 517 Neither seemeth he unelegantly and besides the purpose..to have expressed as much in this verse. 1659O. Walker Oratory 23 Transitions..are not unelegantly ushered in, by the Orators making Interrogations himself. 1758Jortin Erasm. I. 142 It was no wonder if they wrote it ill and unelegantly. |