gracefully
Americanadverb
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She gracefully balances between a three-pronged character study and a larger examination of the unending war.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
"We love the Lakers, Lakers fans and will continue to support Los Angeles; but it is time to use this opportunity to move on and exit gracefully while we still can."
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Because M88 is viewed at an angle from Earth, the galaxy appears stretched out, with its spiral structure gracefully spreading across space.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 1, 2026
Beyond the virtuosic marriage of realism and symbolism lies the message French so gracefully conveyed: that architects are more than engineers, and that, at its best, architecture deserves the same status as painting and sculpture.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
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.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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