elegantly

B2
US /ˈɛlɪgəntˌliː/
adv Freq #35325

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    in a gracefully elegant manner

    the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do

  2. 2
    adv

    Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.

    Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.

  3. 3
    adv

    with elegance

Etymology

From elegant + -ly.

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