ELEGANTLY
Dictionary entry overview: What does elegantly mean? • ELEGANTLY (adverb)
The adverb ELEGANTLY has 2 senses:
1. with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner
2. in a gracefully elegant manner
Familiarity information: ELEGANTLY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ELEGANTLY (adverb)
Meaning:
With elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner
Context example:
the room was elegantly decorated
Antonym:
inelegantly (without elegance)
Pertainym:
elegant (refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style)
Meaning:
In a gracefully elegant manner
Context example:
the members of these groups do not express themselves as accurately or as elegantly as their critics do
Pertainym:
elegant (displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution)
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