Again he bethought him of the ungraciousness of the task he had assumed, if, as was most probable, Lady Dorothea should feel Mr. Scanlan's pretensions an actual outrage.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
"I owe you everything," he said with the cold ungraciousness of a grudging confession.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck
When, however, she took in the meals she had prepared for the various recipients, it was with a studied ungraciousness, abated only for the cellar-master, who, as she said, had a respectable title of his own, and was suitable company for her.
"Little Tora, The Swedish Schoolmistress and Other Stories"
Mrs. Woods Baker