graceless
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grace·less
/ ˈgrāslis/
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adj.
lacking grace, elegance, or charm.
DERIVATIVES:
grace·less·ly
adv.
grace·less·ness
n.
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Stumbling lightly toward the gift of grace.(Column)
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 12/27/1996; ; 700+ words
; When I was six, Grace was my favorite ballerina card. Auburn...tulle. I tried - too hard - to acquire Grace's poise. My mother has a photo taken in...t clumsy like my cousin Amy, nicknamed Grace by cruel siblings because she tripped over...
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God in your grace transform the world.(Viewpoint essay)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Churches at Porto Alegre, Brazil, God in Your Grace Transform the World, consisted of a prayer by the church that God in his infinite grace transform his world and ours. The New Testament...became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth (John 1:14). Paul, too, tells...
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The ethics of grace.(JUNE 26)(Ethical aspects of a criminal law)
Magazine article from: Sojourners Magazine; 6/1/2005; ; 382 words
; ...over you, since you are not under law but grace (italics added). God's power, incarnate...and death. This divine authority is the grace-filled power that is ever bringing life...the context of Romans, is to be without grace. In Genesis 22:1-14, God tests Abraham...
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Maneuvering with grace: low-profile attorney adeptly handles high-profile bankruptcy cases. (David Grace of Little Rock, Arkansas)
Magazine article from: Arkansas Business; 3/1/1993; ; 534 words
; WHEN LITTLE ROCK LAWyer David Grace is asked to pose for a photograph, his...strained, almost pained look. The only time Grace willingly steps in front of a camera is...devilish grin. But only then. At age 41, Grace is a low-profile lawyer who has represented...
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Grace ready to `hit the ground listening'; Athol native excited about Touchstone.(LOCAL NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA); 8/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...Donna Boynton GRAFTON - For Donald H. Grace, becoming the new head of Touchstone Community...not just a new job, but a homecoming. Mr. Grace, who was raised in Athol, was recently...Park School of Buffalo in Snyder, N.Y. Mr. Grace succeeds Steven J. Danenberg, who retired...
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 "The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)")
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Grace of Arcadia: Becky Wahlstrom on the ongoing curiosity about the sexuality of her Joan of Arcadia character, Grace Polk.(Fall Television Preview)(Brief Article)(Interview)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 9/28/2004; ; 270 words
; Everybody's clamoring to know the story on Grace Polk of the award winning dramatic series...begins its second season on CBS this fail. Grace, Joan's lab partner and close friend, spurs...who are anxious to know what's up with Grace--on Internet bulletin boards, fans energetically...
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Vagrant Grace.(Review)
Magazine article from: Poetry; 8/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; Vagrant Grace, by David Bottoms. Copper Canyon Press. $14.00. The word grace has several meanings. It refers to elegance and beauty...our normal ideas or ways of speaking. We often use grace to point to something beyond words, an entry or influence...
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The Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran Theology.(Book review)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 2/21/2006; ; 700+ words
; The Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran Theology. Edited...Widmann. Fortress, 384 pp., $30.00 paperback. Grace That Frees: The Lutheran Tradition. By...the world in which it exists. The Gift of Grace and Grace That Frees are representative...
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Friendship & desire: Augustine reviews `Will & Grace'.
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 9/27/2002; ; 700+ words
; Will and Grace are the main characters in NBC's wildly...age and education will also know, will and grace are also the main categories used by Augustine...After catching a few episodes of Will & Grace over the past couple of years, I wondered...
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W.G. Grace: A Life.
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...reminds us in his new biography of W. G. Grace, have been an imposing physical presence...queer from so big a body'. William Gilbert Grace first saw the light of day in the village...eighth child of nine born to Dr. Henry Mills Grace and his wife, Martha. In every respect...
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original sin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...grace . Saint Augustine was the fundamental theologian in the formulation of this doctrine, which states that the essentially graceless nature of humanity requires redemption to save it. The purpose of baptism is to wash away original sin and to restore the...
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grace
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...pleasing quality XIV. — (O)F. grâce , semi-pop. — L. grātia , f. grātus pleasing (see GRATEFUL ). So gracious XIII. Hence graceful in casual use from XV till late XVI, when the present senses begin. graceless XIV.
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Samuel Butler
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Nottinghamshire, the son of the local vicar. In a time of common paternal absolutism, his childhood seems to have been bleak and graceless. After taking a degree at Cambridge, he came into open conflict with his father over the question of his future profession...
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Millais, John Everett
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...his Christ in the House of his Parents (1850). He was attacked in Blackwood's Magazine , which called the work ‘ugly, graceless and unpleasant’, and by Charles Dickens , later a friend, who thought it ‘mean, odious, revolting and repulsive...
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Lovelocks
Book article from: Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages
...against the wearing of lovelocks as "Unlovely, Sinfull, Unlawfull, Fantastique, Disolute, Singular, Incendiary, Ruffianly, Graceless, Whorish, Ungodly, Horred [Horrid], Strange, Outlandish, Impudent, Pernicious, Offensive, Ridiculous, Foolish, Childish, Unchristian...
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