beautifully
Britishadverb
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in a beautiful manner
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informal (intensifier)
you did beautifully well in the race
Example Sentences
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Since becoming a mother, keepers said she had settled "beautifully" into her new role, and was proving to be "calm, attentive and content", while trusting her keepers to be nearby but not too close.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Her detailed, beautifully lighted paintings, of humble industrial scenes of corrugated ductwork, draped construction tarps and snaking wires, elevate these humble, utilitarian objects into tactile formal experiments.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
"Our analysis revealed Japan's subpopulation structure on a fine scale, which is very beautifully classified according to geographical locations in the country."
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Valeria Luiselli stunned the literary world with her 2019 novel “Lost Children Archive,” which beautifully explored themes of family and immigration.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
She was so glad he didn’t hate her for the dreadful things she said, but took them so beautifully and was kinder than ever.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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