gracefully

English

Etymology

graceful +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹeɪsfəli/
• Hyphenation: grace‧ful‧ly

Adverb

gracefully (comparative more gracefully, superlative most gracefully)

1. In a graceful manner.
   • 1975, Bob Dylan, "Shelter from the Storm"

     Suddenly I turned around and she was standin' there

     With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair

     She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns

     "Come in," she said, "I'll give you shelter from the storm"

Derived terms

• degrade gracefully

Translations

in a graceful manner

• Arabic: بِرَشَاقَة‎ (birašāqa), بِلَبَاقَة‎ (bilabāqa)
• Catalan: graciosament (ca)
• Czech: elegantně
• Finnish: sulavasti (fi), viehkeästi (fi), viehättävästi (fi), komeasti (fi), kauniisti (fi), upeasti (fi), uljaasti (fi)
• French: gracieusement (fr)
• Galician: gracilmente
• Georgian: გრაციოზულად (graciozulad)
• German: anmutig (de), anstandslos (de), elegant (de), graziös (de), würdevoll (de)
• Greek: ευγενικά (el) (evgeniká)

  Ancient: ἁβρῶς (habrôs)

• Hungarian: bájosan, kecsesen
• Irish: go mómhar, go healaíonta, go seolta, go spéiriúil
• Italian: graziosamente (it)
• Khmer: យ៉ាងសង្ហា (yaang sɑnghaa)
• Occitan: graciosament
• Polish: wdzięcznie
• Portuguese: graciosamente (pt)
• Russian: грацио́зно (ru) (graciózno), изя́щно (ru) (izjáščno), элега́нтно (ru) (elegántno)
• Spanish: agraciadamente (es)
• Swedish: behagfullt, elegant (sv), med behag (sv)
• Turkish: ince (tr), incelikle, zarif (tr), zarâfetle