gracefully

[greys-fuh-lee]

adverb

1. in a way characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech.

   She is as strong and fit as one of those gracefully sleek and beautiful racehorses you see galloping toward the finish line.

   It's wise to coach children on how to gracefully handle being presented with an unwanted gift.

Other Word Forms

• nongracefully adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of gracefully¹

graceful ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

“I’m excited to help everybody age gracefully, to help people regain control. The years pass, we all grow older; but we don’t have to get old.”

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He will either accept your decision gracefully, or accept it professionally and make one last bid to keep you.

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The imposingly lanky, gracefully handsome Elordi, born in Australia, has risen in profile over the last few years, thanks to roles in the hit series “Euphoria” and the psychosexual class-climbing thriller “Saltburn.”

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I think, for me, it is less about vanity than a fantasy of gracefully traipsing into my later years.

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While on holiday she was fascinated by their foraging behaviour as they moved gracefully through the shallow, saline wetlands, filter-feeding for molluscs and crustaceans.

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