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 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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They are aging — gracefully, one hopes — but these anchovies are not for sale.

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He carefully picked his moments to gracefully drive, square drive and guide boundaries alongside sensible accumulation on both sides of the wicket.

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It’s his “Death and the Maiden” and all the more major for it, with a gracefully devastating conclusion that you owe it to yourself to experience.

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