Antonyms for gracefully

Grammar : Adv

Spell : greys-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgreɪs fəl

Definition of gracefully

Origin : mid-15c., "full of grace," also "pleasant, sweet," from grace (n.) + -ful. Meaning "with pleasing or attractive qualities" is from 1580s. Related: Gracefully; gracefulness.

adv lithely

Example sentences :

His lines were gracefully full, his bearing had still the alertness of youth.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Calendar surrendered an untenable position as gracefully as could be wished.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

Great skill was required to accomplish this surely and gracefully.
Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield

There was nothing for the baffled village sport to do but retreat as gracefully as he could.
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

How gracefully their Colonel, the young Count of Eberstein, bounds on his barb!
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Her father's mind had slipped away, ever so gracefully, from all which it did not love.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

The head should be small, neat, “well-set” on the neck, and gracefully “carried.”
Extract from : « The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual » by Anonymous

And then they gracefully turned and slid to the battered torpoon.
Extract from : « Under Arctic Ice » by H.G. Winter

It was no more than a dozen feet, and he alighted as gracefully as a panther.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

He bowed his head and gracefully thanked the satirical Vose.
Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis

Synonyms for gracefully

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