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ĭn-ēlĕgans, antis, adj.,

  1. I. not choice or elegant; tasteless, inelegant (class.): orationis non inelegans copia, Cic. Brut. 81, 282: deliciae (with illepidae), Cat. 6, 2: odor non inelegans, a not unpleasant odor, Plin. 21, 25, 98, § 169.
  2. II. Transf., unreasonable, inconsistent (late Lat.): nam inelegans esse visum est ex heredis persona incipere obligationem, Gai. Inst. 3, 100.
    Adv.: ĭnēlĕganter, not choicely, tastelessly, inelegantly: scribere, Cic. Brut. 26, 101; Gell. 17, 2, 26: dividere, without discrimination, without judgment, Cic. Fin. 2, 9, 26; Just. Inst. 1, 2, 10.