ĭn-ēlĕgans, antis, adj.,
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.—
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.