adv
Meaning 1
Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
elegantly
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CMU ARPABET: EH1 L IH0 G AH0 N T L IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a gracefully elegant manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adverb
Meaning 3
with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the room was elegantly decorated
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inelegantly
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English elegant Middle English -ly English -ly English elegantly From elegant + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: elegantment — gracefully
- Czech: elegantně — gracefully
- Galician: elegantemente — gracefully
- Hungarian: elegánsan — gracefully
- Italian: elegantemente — gracefully
- Polish: elegancko — gracefully
- Portuguese: elegantemente — gracefully
- Spanish: elegantemente — gracefully