elegantly
Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftlyGracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
» The young man was dressed elegantly.
Der junge Mann war elegant gekleidet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Молодой человек был элегантно одет. — Wezel
Hybrid · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesGracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
- in a gracefully elegant manner
- with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner
Examples
17 sentencesThe young man was dressed elegantly.
ruМолодой человек был элегантно одет. — Wezel
deDer junge Mann war elegant gekleidet. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She twirled elegantly across the dance floor.
deSie wirbelte elegant übers Parkett. — Yorwba
The black dress hung elegantly in the closet.
She smoothly and elegantly poured the water into the glass.
Mayan pyramids and large temples were built elegantly using stone tools.
ruПирамиды и большие храмы майя были элегантно построены с помощью каменных инструментов. — Werther
dePyramiden und große Tempel der Maya wurden elegant mit Hilfe steinerner Vorrichtungen gebaut. — samueldora
Translations
4 languagesForms
more elegantly, most elegantly| Comparative | more elegantly Lesson |
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| Superlative | most elegantly |
regular
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.