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gracefully
[ greys-fuh-lee ]
adverb
- in a way characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech:
She is as strong and fit as one of those gracefully sleek and beautiful racehorses you see galloping toward the finish line.
It's wise to coach children on how to gracefully handle being presented with an unwanted gift.
Other Words From
- non·grace·ful·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of gracefully1
Example Sentences
"We gracefully bowed out and said we'll have to accept what they say, even though we know it not to be true and get on with our lives," she said.
A good documentary doesn’t need to be objective, but it should tell its story gracefully, and that’s the test “I Am Ready, Warden” doesn’t pass.
About five crew members work with a crane operator to deploy it - once it is released from its harness, called the umbilical cord, it floats gracefully.
A very old analogy for entrenched rivalries in a sport that is aging not so gracefully.
"This is a troubling trend if only one political party will accept electoral losses gracefully," she told Salon.
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