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

The good grocery store can handle your pre-dinner snack spread far more gracefully than a last-minute veggie tray.

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Luckily, she had lost her voice, and she could only smile and shrug and wave her arms gracefully, like fronds, as the children tried to guess what sort of charade she was enacting.

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The Incorrigible children slid more gracefully off their mounts and began to sniff at the air, while the three smaller wolves ran in tight circles, whimpering and skimming their muzzles along the ground.

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If Penelope had been in a jollier mood, the idea of Mrs. Clarke in a pair of ice skates, gracefully twirling and leaping across a frozen expanse, would have made her struggle not to laugh.

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The woman’s voice was spirited, and her hands gestured gracefully.

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