Elegantly
['ɛləgəntli]
Definition
(adv.) in a gracefully elegant manner; 'the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do'.
(adv.) with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner; 'the room was elegantly decorated'.
Inputed by Augustine--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a manner to please nice taste; with elegance; with due symmetry; richly.
Editor: Madge
Examples
- I felt exquisitely mean when I said cheerfully: This one does very well; it fits elegantly. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He also enclosed a copy of verses on what he elegantly called his cousin's natal day. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- We found Julia in our private box, alone and half asleep, dressed very elegantly; and, in my opinion, looking very interesting and well. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The door opened and in came about twenty young ladies elegantly gowned, not one of whom was under seventeen. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A graceful, elegantly-formed young man stood by her, carelessly leaning one elbow on a bale of cotton while a large pocket-book lay open before him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Peeping about here and there, she came upon a print, a graceful head of a pretty woman, elegantly framed, hanging in the corner by the easy chair. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Madge