elegantly

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adverb

Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.

Opposite
Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

adverbelegantly (comparative more elegantly, superlative most elegantly)

comparative more elegantly · superlative most elegantly

  1. 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, →ISBN
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    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

Opposite
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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
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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elegantly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elegantly.

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