Meanings
comparative more elegantly · superlative most elegantly
- Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part II, London: Collins, →ISBN1 more example
Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.
2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2012
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbwith elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan elegantment
- elegantmentgracefully
Czech elegantně
- elegantněgracefully
Hungarian elegánsan
- elegánsangracefully
Italian elegantemente
- elegantementegracefully
Polish elegancko
- eleganckogracefully
Portuguese elegantemente
- elegantementegracefully
Spanish elegantemente
- elegantementegracefully
Cite this entry
elegantly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elegantly
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