"gracelessly" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1595, Philip Sidney, An Apologie for Poetrie:",
          "text": "The French, in his whole language, hath not one word that hath his accent in the last syllable, saving two, called antepenultima; and little more, hath the Spanish, and therefore very gracelessly may they use dactiles.",
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          "ref": "1965, Wole Soyinka, The Interpreters, New York: Africana Publishing, published 1972, Part One, Chapter 8, p. 116:",
          "text": "Barabbas jumped down the eroded slope towards the water and slipped the last few feet gracelessly on his arse.",
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          "ref": "1968, William Trevor, “The General's Day”, in Collected Stories, Penguin, published 1992, page 30:",
          "text": "As he finished he heard the footsteps of the woman who daily came to work for him. They were slow, dragging footsteps implying the bulk they gracelessly shifted.",
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        "In a graceless manner"
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