elegantly
/ˈɛlɪɡəntlˌi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more elegantly (comparative)
most elegantly (superlative)