Antonyms for tastelessly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : teyst-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪst lɪs


Definition of tastelessly

Origin :
  • 1590s, "unable to taste;" c.1600, "uninteresting;" 1610s, "insipid;" 1670s, "tactless;" from taste (n.) + -less. Related: Tastelessly; tastelessness.
  • As in loudly : adv audibly
Example sentences :
  • Their houses, that is the "show" rooms, are solidly if tastelessly furnished.
  • Extract from : « Disturbed Ireland » by Bernard H. Becker
  • His mouth was tastelessly dry, as though he had been eating dust, then salt and bitter as after a drink of sea-water.
  • Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad
  • First comes an arcaded court, then two flights of marble stairs, and then room after room, tastelessly over-decorated.
  • Extract from : « Vistas in Sicily » by Arthur Stanley Riggs
  • The first glance round showed it to be scrupulously clean, and solidly and tastelessly furnished.
  • Extract from : « Man and Wife » by Wilkie Collins
  • He has been mischievously and tastelessly excused for errors both in and out of his writings which need only a kindly silence.
  • Extract from : « A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) » by George Saintsbury

Synonyms for tastelessly

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