The house was elegantly furnished with fine plasterwork and Italian marble fireplaces.
Applause builds as she rises slowly, elegantly, to her feet.
The dancers move elegantly, gracefully, as they sway and twist their hands to the music.
He wore a plain but elegantly tailored suit.
Elegantly draped beds were status symbols of the era.
Bowing elegantly, Zander quietly left the room.
The soaring interior spaces of the new churches had their counterpart in elegantly designed and purposefully placed sculptures.
As the weather turns colder, women can dress themselves warmly and elegantly with Coppelia's new collection of autumn and winter clothing.
I handed her the book and she began to leaf through it, but not before elegantly lighting up a cigarette.
With his hands crossed, he leant on the wall elegantly and causally.
2In a pleasingly ingenious and simple manner.
an elegantly phrased argument
he has elegantly solved the problem
Example sentencesExamples
Kahn's remark elegantly sums up his son Nathaniel's documentary.
It's a very handy solution which neatly and elegantly avoids the need for a complicated installation program.
Eliza Acton's several recipes are, as usual, elegantly worded and completely precise.
His piece on Gilda struck me as a wonderful example of a mode of talking about cinema that one doesn't encounter very often: the elegantly expressed, personal recollection of movie-going.
The book's design nicely complements its meticulously researched and elegantly written contents.
Strategic success has by no means been achieved elegantly and definitively.
Macs happily network with PCs so changeover can be managed elegantly.
In this single shot, the major themes in the movie are simply and elegantly put forward.
He elegantly articulates and defends the artist's strategy.
The author deals elegantly with the question of sincerity.
Definition of elegantly in US English:
elegantly
adverbˈɛləɡəntliˈeləɡəntlē
1In a graceful and stylish manner.
a handsome, elegantly dressed businessman
tendrils of clouds glide elegantly across the sky
Example sentencesExamples
Bowing elegantly, Zander quietly left the room.
The house was elegantly furnished with fine plasterwork and Italian marble fireplaces.
Elegantly draped beds were status symbols of the era.
The dancers move elegantly, gracefully, as they sway and twist their hands to the music.
With his hands crossed, he leant on the wall elegantly and causally.
I handed her the book and she began to leaf through it, but not before elegantly lighting up a cigarette.
The soaring interior spaces of the new churches had their counterpart in elegantly designed and purposefully placed sculptures.
Applause builds as she rises slowly, elegantly, to her feet.
He wore a plain but elegantly tailored suit.
As the weather turns colder, women can dress themselves warmly and elegantly with Coppelia's new collection of autumn and winter clothing.
2In a pleasingly ingenious and simple manner.
an elegantly phrased argument
he has elegantly solved the problem
Example sentencesExamples
He elegantly articulates and defends the artist's strategy.
Kahn's remark elegantly sums up his son Nathaniel's documentary.
His piece on Gilda struck me as a wonderful example of a mode of talking about cinema that one doesn't encounter very often: the elegantly expressed, personal recollection of movie-going.
The author deals elegantly with the question of sincerity.
Strategic success has by no means been achieved elegantly and definitively.
Eliza Acton's several recipes are, as usual, elegantly worded and completely precise.
It's a very handy solution which neatly and elegantly avoids the need for a complicated installation program.
Macs happily network with PCs so changeover can be managed elegantly.
The book's design nicely complements its meticulously researched and elegantly written contents.
In this single shot, the major themes in the movie are simply and elegantly put forward.