(adjective) : ĭn-ēlĕgans, antis
* 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.
* 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.

s. TLL