Standard Lemma guide

beautifully

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • byo͞oʹtĭf(ə)lē
  • /ˈbjuː.tɪ.f(ə.)li/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B Y UW1 T AH0 F L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

In a beautiful manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adverb

Meaning 2

in a beautiful manner

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • her face was beautifully made up

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: attractively

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From beautiful + -ly, circa 17th century.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: прыго́жа (pryhóža) — In a beautiful manner
  • Catalan: bellament — In a beautiful manner
  • Chinese Mandarin: 美麗地 /美丽地 (měilì de) — In a beautiful manner
  • Czech: krásně — In a beautiful manner
  • Dutch: mooi — In a beautiful manner
  • Esperanto: bele — In a beautiful manner
  • Finnish: kauniisti — In a beautiful manner
  • Finnish: ihanasti — In a beautiful manner
  • French: joliment — In a beautiful manner
  • German: schön — In a beautiful manner
  • Hungarian: szépen — In a beautiful manner
  • Latin: pulchre — In a beautiful manner
  • Marathi: सुंदरतेने (sundartene) — In a beautiful manner
  • Middle English: lovely — In a beautiful manner
  • Navajo: nizhónígo — In a beautiful manner
  • Polish: pięknie — In a beautiful manner
  • Polish: ślicznie — In a beautiful manner
  • Polish: uroczo — In a beautiful manner
  • Polish: urodziwie — In a beautiful manner
  • Polish: ładnie — In a beautiful manner
  • Portuguese: belamente — In a beautiful manner
  • Romanian: frumos — In a beautiful manner
  • Russian: краси́во (krasívo) — In a beautiful manner
  • Russian: прекра́сно (prekrásno) — In a beautiful manner
  • Spanish: bellamente — In a beautiful manner
  • Swedish: vackert — In a beautiful manner
  • Telugu: అందముగా (andamugā) — In a beautiful manner
  • Ukrainian: прекра́сно (prekrásno) — In a beautiful manner
  • Ukrainian: краси́во (krasývo) — In a beautiful manner
Real reading context

beautifully in complete knowledge articles