Dictionary

gracefully en · ADV

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡɹeɪsfəli/

Etymology

Etymology tree English graceful Middle English -ly English -ly English gracefully From graceful + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a graceful manner.
   • 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" 1975, Bob Dylan, Shelter from the Storm:
   • What happens then is kids are “deprived of grandmothers (maybe increasingly grandfathers, too) who are comfortable in their own skin, aging gracefully and being a good role model to kids, showing that growing old is not the worst thing that can happen to a woman.” 2015 April 28, Kelly Wallace, “Older parents face ‘grandparent deficit’”, in CNN:

Forms

Deriveds

degrade gracefully

Translations (43)

sv elegant (in a graceful manner) · de elegant (in a graceful manner) · ka გრაციოზულად (in a graceful manner) · fi viehkeästi (in a graceful manner) · sv behagfullt (in a graceful manner) · de würdevoll (in a graceful manner) · ru элега́нтно (in a graceful manner) · gl gracilmente (in a graceful manner) · fi kauniisti (in a graceful manner) · ar بِلَبَاقَة (in a graceful manner) · ga go healaíonta (in a graceful manner) · de anstandslos (in a graceful manner) · es agraciadamente (in a graceful manner) · ca graciosament (in a graceful manner) · tr zarâfetle (in a graceful manner) · fi komeasti (in a graceful manner) · oc graciosament (in a graceful manner) · de graziös (in a graceful manner) · hu kecsesen (in a graceful manner) · sv med behag (in a graceful manner) · fi sulavasti (in a graceful manner) · de anmutig (in a graceful manner) · ru изя́щно (in a graceful manner) · km យ៉ាងសង្ហា (in a graceful manner) · el ευγενικά (in a graceful manner) · cs elegantně (in a graceful manner) · ru грацио́зно (in a graceful manner) · hu bájosan (in a graceful manner) · fi upeasti (in a graceful manner) · pt graciosamente (in a graceful manner) · ga go spéiriúil (in a graceful manner) · pl wdzięcznie (in a graceful manner) · tr ince (in a graceful manner) · fi viehättävästi (in a graceful manner) · fr gracieusement (in a graceful manner) · tr zarif (in a graceful manner) · tr incelikle (in a graceful manner) · ga go mómhar (in a graceful manner) · grc ἁβρῶς (in a graceful manner) · ga go seolta (in a graceful manner) · ar بِرَشَاقَة (in a graceful manner) · fi uljaasti (in a graceful manner) · it graziosamente (in a graceful manner)