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gracefully, adv.|ˈgreɪsfʊlɪ|
[f. graceful a. + -ly2.]
In a graceful manner, with grace, becomingly, elegantly.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (1633) 122 Not Musidorus, no nor any man liuing..could..deliuer that strength more nimbly, or become the deliuery more gracefully. 1605in Crt. & Times Jas. I (1848) I. 42 The bridegroom carried himself as gravely and gracefully as if he were of his father's age. 1607–8Ibid. 73 Being very gracefully attired. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §65 He..had the habit of speaking very gracefully and pertinently. 1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 66 Panes of Oister-shells for their Windows (which as they are cut in Squares, and polished, look gracefully enough). 1711Addison Spect. No. 102 ⁋7 This teaches a Lady to quit her Fan gracefully when she throws it aside. 1746–7Hervey Medit. (1818) 160 See how gracefully it erects its majestic head! 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xxx, Sticking his other arm gracefully a-kimbo. 1858Froude Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 129 He was taking precautions..to enable him to yield gracefully to necessity should necessity arise. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. ix. 63 The..moraine..forming at first a gracefully winding curve. 1876Ouida Winter City xi. 334 The most gracefully-worded appeal possible. |